# Moron mechanics! ---> (venting)

Posted by John vdP (93SE 5-sp) on June 19, 2002 at 22:58:04:

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.

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

Replys:

- you need to document ALL of those, call up the service manager at the shop and demand money back for your time and hassles. nm Matt (93SE) 10:15:51 6/20/2002 (0)
- to drop the tranny you don't need to remove the ball joints... Alex (90se5spd) 08:23:01 6/20/2002 (0)
- wow, that's annoying... Mikey P (93 SE) 07:45:28 6/20/2002 (0)
- I had a clunking sound mysteriously coming from my front left suspension --> Aaron (92 SE Auto) 23:14:53 6/19/2002 (0)

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: 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. : 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. : <vent mode off> : John