Front suspension confusion

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by chromecarz00

Thanks for the reply.

Tires are about 1 year old, 10k miles.

Wheels - not really, and the issues have stemmed from awhile to be honest.

I would guess mounts in the back but struts being fine, and needing both in front. I am confused that the tech that I had do the bounce test didn't say immediately that I need new ones. They don't seem to be leaking either.

Appreciate the response, I'll see if I can diagnose a bit further...

Thoughts on the clunking?

Clunking or Clicking? Your original post said clicking, which would most likely mean bad track arms. The "wish bones." Especially if you hear the click at low speeds going over small bumps. The ball-pivots on those things have plastic bushings in them. Unfortunately they are not servicable, so you have replace the entire arms. But on mine those haven't really effected driveability and handling, even over bumps. The noise is more of a nuissance than anything.

Clunks could be a lot of things, including your strut mounts, stabilizer bushings or links, coffin arms, etc.

[chromecarz00]

[QUOTE=piper6909;642522]Clunking or Clicking? Your original post said clicking, which would most likely mean bad track arms. The "wish bones." Especially if you hear the click at low speeds going over small bumps. The ball-pivots on those things have plastic bushings in them. Unfortunately they are not servicable, so you have replace the entire arms. But on mine those haven't really effected driveability and handling, even over bumps. The noise is more of a nuissance than anything.

Clunks could be a lot of things, including your strut mounts, stabilizer bushings or links, coffin arms, etc.[/QUOTE

It's definitely at slower speeds over bumps, but I'd qualify it more as a clunk than a click.

Leaning towards getting it diagnosed once and for all

[azlvr]

I chased that same problem changing everything suspension related over a long period of time. Finally found 2 bent wheels and that fixed the problem.