Suspension Clunk?
Have you been able to fix this problem?
I have been experiencing the same symptoms as you have described. I have checked the sway bar, wheel bearings, ball joints, and tie-rod ends all with no success. I have not disconnected the sway bar yet to grease the bushings. I doubt that this will fix the problem, but I am out of ideas and may try this anyway.
I am also open to suggestions.
I have been experiencing the same symptoms as you have described. I have checked the sway bar, wheel bearings, ball joints, and tie-rod ends all with no success. I have not disconnected the sway bar yet to grease the bushings. I doubt that this will fix the problem, but I am out of ideas and may try this anyway.
I am also open to suggestions.
After trying a few things this weekend I believe I was able to fix my problem.
I checked the torque on both the front L&R caster, and camber adjustment bolts, they were to spec. As were the sway bar mounting bolts and sway bar link bolts. So I decided that while I was under the car I would check the torque of every bolt in the sub-frame and suspension that I could access. Every bolt I checked was torqued to spec, except the bolts that attach the engine mount stiffener to the front sub-frame. One of the three bolts on the driver side was loose, and two of the three on the passenger side were loose. On the passenger side you could actually see where stiffener was rubbing back and forth on the bolt head.
I have driven my car for about 25 miles since making this repair and cannot reproduce the clunk no matter what I try.
I will probably order new bolts and replace the existing, as the rubbing could have caused some fretting. The bolts are only $0.70 per bolt through majestic honda, so it is a cheap fix.
Ryan
I checked the torque on both the front L&R caster, and camber adjustment bolts, they were to spec. As were the sway bar mounting bolts and sway bar link bolts. So I decided that while I was under the car I would check the torque of every bolt in the sub-frame and suspension that I could access. Every bolt I checked was torqued to spec, except the bolts that attach the engine mount stiffener to the front sub-frame. One of the three bolts on the driver side was loose, and two of the three on the passenger side were loose. On the passenger side you could actually see where stiffener was rubbing back and forth on the bolt head.
I have driven my car for about 25 miles since making this repair and cannot reproduce the clunk no matter what I try.
I will probably order new bolts and replace the existing, as the rubbing could have caused some fretting. The bolts are only $0.70 per bolt through majestic honda, so it is a cheap fix.
Ryan
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