Re: Things that go "clunk" when you drive...

From: Punch (2punch.crash2000@AHM.com)
Date: Mon Dec 09 2002 - 11:42:43 EST


""Josh Battles"" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> wrote in message
news:at2f77$te7$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> I was hoping that someone could help me on this one... Just about every
> time that I go around a corner or even if I "slalom" down the street, I
get
> this weird clunking noise from the front end of my dak. It's a 2000 2wd
> with a V6. I've got my ASE in suspension/driveability and I took a look
at
> all the suspension components sprung/unsprung and everything looks fine
and
> is torqued to spec. The ball joints and tie rod ends (inner & outer) are
> looking good. I've just replaced all my swaybar bushings/endlinks with
> energy suspension pieces, so they're all fine. I also took a look at the
> body mounts and they are fine as well. I'm about at my wit's end on this
> one. The only thing that's left that I can think of is that perhaps the
> bushings that hold the steering rack to the frame might be bad and need
> replacing. Does anyone have any ideas??? If I think on this any longer I
> think my head's gonna explode.

hmm its a very common thing with the dak, steering column/shaft I beleive is
loose, or it could be the control arm thing hitting the frame thing, the
regs have pictures of the defects!

Punch



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