"Clunking" sound coming from Corolla suspension

[Donald]

Be glad its not your strut mounts.

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted By: grampi
I see everyone has bailed on this topic.


It is almost impossible to figure out what a "clunk" in suspension is without taking things apart. My car has this sort of clunk when I accelerate, but I grew used to it.

 

[grampi]

I took my car to the trusty folks at the Auto Skills Center at Wright-Patt AFB to have them replace my stablizer bar links. My co-worker almost talked me into changing them myself (he said they're a pice of cake to change), but I'm glad I didn't attempt it. I would've never gotten the old ones off. I just don't have the tools for doing stuff like this. The guy at the ASC had to cut them off with a pneumatic cutter. Once he got the old ones off, the new ones went right on. It took him about 45 minutes to complete the job and he only charged me $25. Unreal! With parts and labor the whole thing cost me only $105. The automotive place I took it to in IL wanted $240 to do the same job. I've got my nice, quiet car back with no more clunking, and without costing me an arm and a leg!

 

[Papa Bear]

I would have taken in the Imax show at WPAFB while my swaybar links were being swapped out.

 

[grampi]

Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
I would have taken in the Imax show at WPAFB while my swaybar links were being swapped out.

Or take a nastalgic stroll through the world's biggest and best air museum.