bushings changed STILL CLUNK WTF what next????

[northc]

I have the same noise only it seems to go away after driving it for a while. I was thinking struts but maybe i'll try this tension strut. Thanks.

[joey]

Bad Tension Struts is an easy visual diagnosis.

Take the wheel off and you can see the condition of the bushing.

Another simple test is to disconnect/unbolt a sway bar endlink from the sway bar.
A loose/bad sway bar endlink will cause a lot of clunking.


Drivers Side Tension Strut

[Nstysti]

so everyone I picked up the tension strut on wed night and within 10 minutes had it replaced with no more clunk.. thanks to all that chimed in and helping me fix the problem.

[dms]

It is interesting the number of strut bushing issues we have seen at Pedders and now the community on its own. Perte and I just finished installing a Xa Police Persuit Package in a Sherrifs Charger this week and what a difference. This vehicle is driven hard and has a lot of territory to cover. They have been thru 3 sets of tension rods and when we removed them to install our Pedders bushings, the ball joint and bushings were bad on the right front.

We will be making a special post about this install soon. But the bushing had what looked like a small line in it. But when you turn the tire, and stresses and twists the bushing, the small line turned into a big tear that went all the way thru. This police Charger already had Chrysler's HD bushings already. So 25-30K they are torn, and bad with their aggressive driving.
I write this because the bushing can be seriously worse than it looks.

mike
dms