What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[jrgill]

When I bought my 986 there was a distinct squeak and clunk each time I drove over a bump in the road. Since then I replaced both drop links, inner and outer ball joints, coffin arms and tuning forks (for loss of the proper name). All went well but none of this resolved the front end noise. Understanding that it could ultimately be strut or bushing related, I changed out the sway bar bushings to attempt an option of lesser cost and ease of replacement. Well, that did the trick. All front end noises are resolved. Feels so good to have finally fixed the problem.

[512TXS]

Originally Posted by jrgill

When I bought my 986 there was a distinct squeak and clunk each time I drove over a bump in the road. Since then I replaced both drop links, inner and outer ball joints, coffin arms and tuning forks (for loss of the proper name). All went well but none of this resolved the front end noise. Understanding that it could ultimately be strut or bushing related, I changed out the sway bar bushings to attempt an option of lesser cost and ease of replacement. Well, that did the trick. All front end noises are resolved. Feels so good to have finally fixed the problem.

Nicely done. Do you have a DIY of it to watch/read? I’m thinking about doing this for my Cayman.

[jrgill]

I found this Road and Race video to be very helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEVIZmUDgug&t=1s

[Rickvd]

Took the car out of winter storage, addressed an oil leak off the oil filter and looking forward to some additional warm spring weather.