I have been hearing clunking, and squeaking in the frontend of my venge, the guy who owned the car before me had not done the recall and i turned into the parking lot of a church and it busted 400 dollars out of my pocket, snapped axles and all, anyways i cant figure it out i am a auto technician in training. I know i need to fix my tie rods for sure i can move a whole 1/2 inch. any help would be nice.
p.s. i bought this car from used dealer, had been wrecked in past.
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Could be a bad sway bar link, bad struts, brake calipers, control arm, engine mounts, axles....... I can go on, but with more info I can be more helpful.
When do the noises occur? Acceleration, braking, only after 20 MPH, only when turning. Does it get worse when doing any of those things?
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Mod List. Um WAY too many to fit on here. But the engine can handle about 800HP
its when ever i hit a bump and when i am sitting still from switching to drive from reverse and i turn the steering wheel to takeoff as soon as i hit the gas it makes a clunking sound but only at first, and whenever i hit so uneven pavement it makes a clunking type sound only not as loud as if i was going over a bump slow.
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its when ever i hit a bump and when i am sitting still from switching to drive from reverse and i turn the steering wheel to takeoff as soon as i hit the gas it makes a clunking sound but only at first, and whenever i hit so uneven pavement it makes a clunking type sound only not as loud as if i was going over a bump slow.
That's exacly what my car did before I got the ball joints done.. If you kinda hop the car with the throttle (bounce the front end abit) it knocked (clunked).. and every bump or uneven pavement.
check the ball joints.. lower laterals were my problem... check if the bushings are loose by prying up an down on them abit.
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i jsut replaced the l.c.a.'s and axles, so do i need to check my uppers and sway bar bushings? I am getting new struts now since i went through the forums and found a guy with the same problem and the said it could be that also as fore mentioned, its jsut annerving to here that noise, i mean it drives alright but you know better safe than sorry, oh yeah and i just got an apexi n1 exhaust 2.5in
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L.A.C. ?? Don't know that abbreviation. If you're doing the struts, then I would replace all the suspension bushings, and check that all your links are tight.
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ha ha ok will do do you have any suggestions for struts i am eventually gonna get arospeed or skunk2 coilovers (slipover type) and thanks for all the information i am glad i found this site, karma for you all.
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i have kyb silver tubes on it as of now but i can feel almost every bump and i dont think theyre working so great, so i am going to replace them with your strut of choice kyb agx, i looked them up i like how theyre adjustable, Re they hard to adjust?
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I just discovered I kinda have a similiar problem, but I don't think it is a control arm ball joint. I know I have a bad upper ball joint, but when I get under it and bump everything with my palm, I think it's comming from the upper part of the strut or something else deeper inside. The upper ball joint doesn't squeak yet.
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