Jmwjr1997

I have an 03 mustang v6, 3.8L engine 4 speed automatic, i have a clunking noise from the front end, i have changed the struts, the ball joints, tire rod ends, control arm bushings, sway bar bushings, engine mounts are fine, wheel bearing changed, the coil is a couple years old no corrosion on it, basically the entire frint suspension has been changed but still clunking/knocking but only when going over bumpy roads or turning.
my rear suspension is shot changing the shocks and coils in a few weeks, any ideas

08'MustangDude

All that, and no new end links? That's what mine has always been on my VWs.
Got the clunking over bumps now, and I know it's the end links...

Steering rack bushings?

Steering shaft coupler?

GT Nate

I'm gonna say sway bar end links, they'll clunk but appear fine when you take them off. Get new ones, easy DIY swap!

Jmwjr1997

the steering rack bushing apear fine no cracks or wear and there appears to be no play in the rack

im new to working on my cars, steering shaft coupler?

Jmwjr1997

ill have to give it a shot

Jmwjr1997

If the cars is parked and i turn the wheel there is no nose, but if i bounce the car while its still ill get a clunk

GT Nate

make sure you jack the front up, then with another jack (maybe the one which came with the car) jack up the lower control arm until you take the tension off the end link. It'll take a torx bit and a wrench to undo it, reverse for reinstall.

Let us know how it works.
I'd use Motorcraft parts if they have them

08'MustangDude

It can also be only ONE end link, and you won't know which one it is. When I took mine
off, I thought it was the driver side link. When I was taking off the passenger side one, and
the ball spun in the socket when taking it off with an air-gun, it was wobbling in the socket,
and the link moved up and down slightly. The driver side didn't do that. So it was the passenger
side one, but the noise transmits across the sway-bar. So, you have to replace them both.