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

Aug 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??

Aug 11, 2010 | 11:10 PM

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New shocks ?

Aug 12, 2010 | 08:41 AM

WAR CRUNK

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

Aug 12, 2010 | 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by WAR CRUNK

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.

Aug 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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