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Old Jul 12, 2004 | 10:50 AM
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strut bearings?

What's up all. Here's the problem. Whenever I go over a bump or any un even road I get an annoyin a$$ rattle like somethings loose on the front drivers side. I had it checked at sears but they found nothin. Anyone have this problem? What did you do to fix it? If it makes any diff I have progress springs and gr2's with 19's on
Old Jul 12, 2004 | 11:20 AM
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It probably is the strut bearing. Does it clunk when you turn the wheel hard over as well? (either direction)...
Old Jul 12, 2004 | 12:10 PM
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nope its all good when i turn the wheel its just bumps and there's nothing but bumps in Boston. it p!sses me off lol. would this be covered to get fixed with my 30k tune up???
Old Jul 12, 2004 | 03:56 PM
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probably not because you have aftermarket struts and springs... if it was stock then they may look at it and see if anything is loose.
Old Jul 12, 2004 | 04:26 PM
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i had that exact problem, but with stock springs and struts...turned out one of the struts had gone bad...they replaced it and problem solved.....
Old Jul 12, 2004 | 05:43 PM
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hmmmm damn i wonder if its the gr2's that are going bad, irish yours was just one side too?? i plan on changing my gr2's anyway i want the tok adjustables. i will still have them check the strut bearing. thanks for the help yall
Old Jul 12, 2004 | 11:10 PM
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could it possibly be a control arm bushing issue?
Old Jul 21, 2004 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
It probably is the strut bearing. Does it clunk when you turn the wheel hard over as well? (either direction)...
update, thanx for pointing that out, it has been clunking when I do u turns or turn the wheel all the way. So this is def strut bearing then right? Thanx yall, it ****ES me of hahah
Old Jul 21, 2004 | 11:08 AM
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i had a similar problem....it rattles right? and i just found out yesterday, that my bracket for the upper mount was bent....and thats what was causing the rattling, i just bought a new bracket for like 16 bucks today.....hopefully it'll be fine afterwards
Old Jul 21, 2004 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by myktek
i had a similar problem....it rattles right? and i just found out yesterday, that my bracket for the upper mount was bent....and thats what was causing the rattling, i just bought a new bracket for like 16 bucks today.....hopefully it'll be fine afterwards
yup that f#ckin rattle let me know if that fixes ur problem. Where did u get the new bracket from?
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