you can try the "water test" on the ball joints...never hurts and costs
nothing. That's how I diagnosed my clunk...but that was at about 195K miles
Chris
Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Peterson wrote:
> Regarding my front end clunk on bumps at low speeds, someone suggested that
> I check / replace the front anti-sway bar bushings. Parts are cheap, $30,
> and it is DIY job. Does anyone think this could be the clunk (dealer says
> new control arms and bushings but I doubt this at 74k) I am trying to get
> rid of? Any way to test the anti-sway bushings? I found the rubber hard,
> but not rock hard. It is very hard to tell where front end sounds are
> coming from
Sway bar bushing failures were VERY common in '80s 124s - usually at
between 50-100kmi (I've not driven more than two '90s 124s and the were
cherry). The bushings were revised (don't know when) but the new style
will fail too, just not quite as soon. If you drive slowly over an
uneven surface (a slightly uneven parking lot) at about 10-15 mph, they
will clunk/rattle when bad. I know of NO way to describe a bad one
except by the noise that the ones I've heard have made. You could find a
mechanic that has done a hundred of them - I expect he can look at 'em
and tell you if they are bad.
Bad control arm bushings in 201/124s never made that noise when driving
slowly over uneven surfaces in the cars I drove.
You MAY have bad control arm bushings, but I don't think they are making
the noise that I think you are describing.
Marshall
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Christopher typeth:
"you can try the "water test" on the ball joints..."
Water test?
Bob Rentfro
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