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Posted by Matt (93SE) on June 20, 2002 at 10:15:51:
In Reply to: Moron mechanics! ---> (venting) posted by John vdP on June 19, 2002 at 22:58:04:
: So I check at home. No pushing, probing, rocking can bring on this sound. (Koni / Eibach is pretty tough to push anywhere). Strut, tie rods, stabilizer bar all feel rock solid. Next I check the ball joint hold down nuts: One missing, one finger tight! One more happy memory from my screwed up ACT clutch job: : No metal spacer in one of the grommets of the cross member. Result: Torn grommet. $20 in parts and 4 hours to fix. : Wrong installation of transmission to engine bolts, 3 stripped. Cost: $80 for a helicoil kit and the various bolts I lost while driving. (Not yet done. Planned when putting oem clutch in) : Lugnuts mounted backward and overtorqued, cheap to fix, but annoying. : Air in the clutch line. Trivial, but annoying "side-effect" : Now loose ball joint due to incomplete fastening. : Lesson learned: Work is not done to what you EXpect, rather to what you INspect. : : John
: I have had this clunking sound in my right front suspension for a while. It's been slowly getting worse. So, today I turn of the satellite tunes for a while because I can start feeling it in my steering. The best way to bring it on was to apply the brakes 10%, and alternate to 60%, 10%, 60%, 10%. The cadence brought out the clunk very clearly. It could be felt in the steering.