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| r_towle |
 Jun 29 2006, 09:48 PM
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Custom Member  Group: Members Posts: 24,699 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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I have been chasing this for several years..mainly when it tart to bug me...
Well im getting annoyed again... My front end Its a 72 car 74 front strut tubes...the original ones were ovaled out at the ball joint hole... I have 23mm front torsion bars 21mm sway bar Bilstein struts. plastic bushings with grease fittings. Ok,,, here is the symptoms. I hit a bump..it clunks...like something is loose. I jacked it up,,removed the sway bar...nothing is loose. I am starting to think that the struts are not sitting all the way into the tube... when I tighten down the "nut" on top of the strut, it does not thread all the way in... In recent fixes... I replaced the strut tubes, brakes, bearings,etc...new rotors and calipers also...had to... I replaced the bushings...twice now..first ones squeeked...did the zirk fittings..all better.. I found that I had no felt pad over the endo f the torsion bars...so I made a rubber on from four rubber washers... Im at a loss.. Do other cars clunk...when hitting bumps??? there is nothing loose in the trunk...btdt... Rich |
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| SirAndy |
Jun 29 2006, 11:06 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,972 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(r_towle @ Jun 29 2006, 08:48 PM)  Do other cars clunk...when hitting bumps??? have you pulled your tank lately? i had the same thing, clunk when going over bumps. when i pulled the tank a few weeks ago, i could see the marking on the bottom where it would hit the swaybar ... the swaybar "bends" when under load and if it's a tight fit, it'll hit the bottom of the tank. that was my clunk ... my solution will be to move the tank just a tad higher (using the rubber holddown thinggies) ... just make sure your fillerneck doesn't hit the hood when closed ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Andy |
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