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Old 02-04-2011, 07:44 PM
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interesting guys.
Ive been under my car lots of times shaking sh*t, prying with prybars, tapping, and the like and I cant find mine. Granted, my car is in storage now as its cold as a witches tit up here in MN, but come springtime Im gonna look into this shock issue. Its the only thing I can think of as everything else is new. (Check sig for suspension and driveline stuff. hehe)
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Old 02-05-2011, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by chevy_dude97
did you check the bend in the exhaust? I noticed a little rust patch just above the rear end and it turned out to be where it was hitting because the loop was just so slightly back and allowed it to contact. You may also want to bang on your cats to see if there is anything loose inside, or check all the mounts underneath to include the trans, torque arm and sway bars for wear. Does it sound louder when you hit bumps?
yeah it sounds louder over speed bumps or any imperfections on the roaddd an when i make it bounce with my hands it does it as well
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Old 02-05-2011, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by firebirdStud
interesting guys.
Ive been under my car lots of times shaking sh*t, prying with prybars, tapping, and the like and I cant find mine. Granted, my car is in storage now as its cold as a witches tit up here in MN, but come springtime Im gonna look into this shock issue. Its the only thing I can think of as everything else is new. (Check sig for suspension and driveline stuff. hehe)
yeah same hereee all i can think off are the shockss going baddd
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Old 02-06-2011, 01:19 PM
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as with many of you, I have/had the same problem.. After countless times under the car, I found out that it was coming from the exhaust hanger being worn. little bit of gorilla tape fixed that. That helped some, next was the LCA bushings which got rid of almost the rest of the clunking. Another quick check of bolts around the car I noticed the bolts for the rear seat were a little loose. Tightened those up, and no more clunking.. Hope this helps someone for some areas to look for..
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Old 02-06-2011, 01:26 PM
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cool thanks Va-Z! Ill have a looksie at those areas on my car this spring as well!!
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thanksssss
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Old 02-09-2011, 05:54 PM
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i also notice on my Carr that the bar that holds the differential at the end its kinda like a curve an i wanna know if this is normal or is itbent???
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Old 02-10-2011, 08:56 PM
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if you are talking about the panhard bar, it is supposed to be straight!
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Old 02-10-2011, 09:46 PM
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if you are talking about the panhard bar, it is supposed to be straight!
Probably not talking about the panhard, it's probably the bracket that connects to the body right above the panhard bar. Can't remember it's name but it is slightly curved.
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Old 02-11-2011, 02:45 AM
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Probably not talking about the panhard, it's probably the bracket that connects to the body right above the panhard bar. Can't remember it's name but it is slightly curved.
yeah its the bracket above the penhard bar. so its supposed to be curve??????????
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Old 02-11-2011, 02:48 AM
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Originally Posted by DAVE00
Probably not talking about the panhard, it's probably the bracket that connects to the body right above the panhard bar. Can't remember it's name but it is slightly curved.
can u remember the name of it??????
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Old 02-14-2011, 06:00 PM
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so i finally found out wat it is ist the busshing on my lower arm an the bushhing on my sway barrr
an there was a loosse bolt
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Old 02-14-2011, 07:57 PM
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hmm.. that makes me wonder just how good my poly rear lower control arm bushings are... maybe time for the 1LE bushings for me!
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yeah when i took apart the lower arm the bushing just came ryte out
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Old 02-16-2011, 08:20 PM
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yeah when i took apart the lower arm the bushing just came ryte out
Well that is a good sign, you know exactly what the problem was!
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