control arm bushings toast...nast clunky noise...

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08-11-2010, 05:56 PM

WAR CRUNK

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control arm bushings toast...nast clunky noise...

so recently i been driving on my 04 w/47k on it with about 400 miles on the s techs then it started to clunk..great...any suggestions??

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08-11-2010, 11:10 PM

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New shocks ?

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08-12-2010, 08:41 AM

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but i checked everything!!!! its gotta be the control arm bushings or could that clunk be **** oem struts

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08-12-2010, 08:46 AM

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but i checked everything!!!! its gotta be the control arm bushings or could that clunk be **** oem struts

I would lean more towards the OEM shocks just giving out since they are operating with different springs. Anytime you run springs on OEM shocks you cant really expect them to last very long.

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08-12-2010, 09:33 AM

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I doubt it's anything BUT the shocks...

You will need to check though....

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