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Old Oct 7, 2009, 10:09 PM
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clunking noise in the front end

i have a 04 evo and when i go over bumps there is a clunking noise in the right front i was wondering if any body has had this problem
Old Oct 7, 2009, 10:20 PM
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yes a lot of threads have been started and i dont think any of us have had it resolved...pm me if you find the answer lol i def think its somewhere in the suspension or bushings
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Could be your axles...
Old Oct 7, 2009, 10:24 PM
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What fixes it for me everytime is to tighten all the bolts .
Usually a bolt gets loose and makes that sound .
If it isnt that it could be a number of things .

Control arm bushings
Struts
Sway bar bushings
Tie rods

Has the car been lowered at all ?
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See here:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...n-related.html

Mine doesn't clunk anymore. I don't know if it stopped after I replaced the front swaybar. If that's the case it could still mean a lot of things.
Old Oct 8, 2009, 11:58 AM
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Here is something to check, especially if you've ever had your suspension apart. Check to make sure your center strut bolts under the rubber dust caps are snug! My car and my friends car were both making a clunking noise going over bumps and it turns out on each of our cars that bolt came loose and was allowing the shock rod to flop around in the mount.
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the car has not been lowered and do you know the torque spec for the strut bolts
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there is a thread that I believe is a sticky which has lots of torque specs
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https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...cs-thread.html
Here's the thread take a look through there
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I've replaced the front tie rods and wheel bearings in my Evo due to alignment and clunking issues. All is good now. Good luck.

Aaron
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Mine was fixed it was a loose tie rod.
Retightened to correct Tq specs ands it all good now
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