I've had this noise for awhile and cannot seem to figure it out. I only hear it going over gravel roads and you feel the movement in the steering wheel. It kinda sounds like a strut mount thumping but they are new as are struts and the whole front end is tight. I checked ball joints tierods sway bar and links control arm struts . Everything thing I see is good. So does anyone have an idea what to even look for?
saturn front end noise
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I had to replace bushings where the body attached to the frame once on a Bonneville, they dried out and became brittle. I don't know if Saturn would use them though.
Control arms and bushings from what I can tell are good
If they are bad wouldn't they have play? It's not that noticeable you can't feel it in the floor of the car like you can with ball joints it feels like its comings up straight from the steering.
It isn't that either just replaced the struts so I woulda noticed . Thank god lol
lower control arm bushing
They aren't cracked brittle it loose though. Is there something I'm missing
They may seem tight but will clunk. Put two new control arms on there (new bushings and ball joints are included).
Is there a way to be sure they are bad
Jacking the car up you will see play at the bushing vs the side with no noise.
I thought that was the only real way of doing it. They are rock solid. No play. I went out and checked tonight and am going to replace outer tierods I have the tiniest amount of play but its definetly not my noise. It kinda feels like its coming from the steering arm itself honestly.
I had a hard to find front end noise on my 96 SL2 2 years ago. It ended up being the lower control arm was sliding back and forth on the bolt that holds it to the engine cradle. I ended up getting a bigass pair of channelocks and squeezing the metal together. No more sliding, no more noise.
That was it for me at least.
That was it for me at least.
Here's how I found mine. With the car on the ground, try to push the front wheels either back or foward in the wheel well, any movement replace the lower control arms.
Did you replace the front struts or someone else? I would check that the bearing at the top of the strut is new and is tightened to spec. Check to see if the sway bar bushings are present and in good shape. These are easy to replace and on some cars go missing.
I did the struts and mount and bearing plate . It's all new. Maybe its all the olastic that the car is made out of rattling around
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