Suspension rattle / knock - any ideas?
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Suspension rattle / knock - any ideas?
My RX8 only has 4,000 miles. I've added sway bars and racing beat springs. Now when traveling over small bumps on the road it sounds like something is loose. The sounds reminds of a loose sway bar end link nut. However I've checked those connections along with the bar mounts. Plus also the struts bolts on top and bottom. And lastly the alignment bolts since it was aligned recently. Everything I can think is tight.
Could the struts be bad? Early STI's had a struts problem. They clunked at low speed bumps, but this is not quite the same. And everyting feels great when corning. Please help me diagnose this.
Thanks.
Could the struts be bad? Early STI's had a struts problem. They clunked at low speed bumps, but this is not quite the same. And everyting feels great when corning. Please help me diagnose this.
Thanks.
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Weird to have a problem with such low mileage but could it be your end links? The links will start to clunk as the ball joints come loose.
Get the RB end links if yours need replacement
Edit: Which end is the clunk coming from?
Get the RB end links if yours need replacement
Edit: Which end is the clunk coming from?
Last edited by DarkBrew; 05-13-2008 at 05:24 PM.
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I've just noticed the clunking on my car recently as well. It seems to come from the right front (passenger's side), and only when I'm slowing down on rough roads. When I'm slowing down on smooth roads (no undulations), there's no clunking. My car has 19,8XX miles.
I brought my car in for an alignment yesterday and asked to have the endlinks checked out. I was told everything looked and felt fine. So now I'm still driving around with the damn clunking noise...
I brought my car in for an alignment yesterday and asked to have the endlinks checked out. I was told everything looked and felt fine. So now I'm still driving around with the damn clunking noise...
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