Advice on front end clunk
04-23-2019, 07:19 AM
#11
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Success! I got the kit of front and rear sway bar (stabilizer) bushings. I could NOT get the bushings out of the rear end links, which are named very weird because they are not on the end at all... anyway, I put the front bushings in, and took it for a test drive - NO CLUNK! You guys are awesome, thank you again. I took it for a second test drive about half an hour later just to *not* hear any clunking in the front end. Very nice.
BTW, Derf, I didn't take the end links off the front at all. I simply did one front bushing at a time, I took the bolts off one, the old bushings literally fell off the bracket, put the new ones on and bolted it up, and then proceeded to the other side. That way I didn't have to mess too much with the front end. I had already put new end links on and didn't want to take them off again. The bar stayed put and it was fairly easy.
BTW, Derf, I didn't take the end links off the front at all. I simply did one front bushing at a time, I took the bolts off one, the old bushings literally fell off the bracket, put the new ones on and bolted it up, and then proceeded to the other side. That way I didn't have to mess too much with the front end. I had already put new end links on and didn't want to take them off again. The bar stayed put and it was fairly easy.
I'm curious, what brand and the part number front bushings you used ? The only way you could have installed the bushing without removing the link, is if they are a split bushing. The OEM ford bushings are not. Glad you found the problem.
04-23-2019, 11:09 AM
#12
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I'd have to look but got the bushing kit from CJPP. I'll see if i can get a part number when i get home. I removed the links btw, I just could not get the rubber out of the "dogbone". The new bushings were 2 piece but again, I simply could not get the old rubber out of the links, so new links with new rubber were just over $20 apiece, so I just ordered new links with rubber.
I'm sure now that this is the rattle I have been hearing from the rear, but the front is quiet as it should be.
I'm sure now that this is the rattle I have been hearing from the rear, but the front is quiet as it should be.
04-23-2019, 11:14 AM
#13
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Success! I got the kit of front and rear sway bar (stabilizer) bushings. I could NOT get the bushings out of the rear end links, which are named very weird because they are not on the end at all... anyway, I put the front bushings in, and took it for a test drive - NO CLUNK! You guys are awesome, thank you again. I took it for a second test drive about half an hour later just to *not* hear any clunking in the front end. Very nice.
BTW, Derf, I didn't take the end links off the front at all. I simply did one front bushing at a time, I took the bolts off one, the old bushings literally fell off the bracket, put the new ones on and bolted it up, and then proceeded to the other side. That way I didn't have to mess too much with the front end. I had already put new end links on and didn't want to take them off again. The bar stayed put and it was fairly easy.
BTW, Derf, I didn't take the end links off the front at all. I simply did one front bushing at a time, I took the bolts off one, the old bushings literally fell off the bracket, put the new ones on and bolted it up, and then proceeded to the other side. That way I didn't have to mess too much with the front end. I had already put new end links on and didn't want to take them off again. The bar stayed put and it was fairly easy.
04-24-2019, 08:11 AM
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Dammit. The new complete assemblies surprised me by being delivered last night, so i forgot to see what I got from CJPP. I'll see if I can look to see what I bought today, but if not, I'll have to look tonight. Apologies gents....
04-24-2019, 08:20 AM
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Hey, sorry to keep bumping my own thread, but I just IM'ed with CJPP and here are the 2 parts that I ordered:
For the front:
https://www.cjponyparts.com/catalogs...esult/?q=SBK30
for the rear:
https://www.cjponyparts.com/catalogs...esult/?q=SBK28
As I said, for the rear "end links" I could NOT get the rubber out of the old ones, so I never got to putting the new rubber in them. So, I just ordered new end links with new rubber, they came in last night.
For the front:
https://www.cjponyparts.com/catalogs...esult/?q=SBK30
for the rear:
https://www.cjponyparts.com/catalogs...esult/?q=SBK28
As I said, for the rear "end links" I could NOT get the rubber out of the old ones, so I never got to putting the new rubber in them. So, I just ordered new end links with new rubber, they came in last night.
04-25-2019, 04:55 PM
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04-27-2019, 01:21 PM
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I drove it yesterday again to work and back, love the fact that I got the clunk resolved AND the beeping. I was getting a 5x5 loud beep and it was coming directly from the airbag module. I put a 10 dollar resistor under the seat and it completely shut it up (no idea why there was no resistor under there to begin with, mystery car!).