Dr.Sound

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every time i make a tight turn at low speeds i hear a clunk coming from front/mid section of the car.
it also clunks going over bumps if the steering wheel is turned.

could it be the swaybar bushings? this started when temperature dropped a couple of months ago. never gets REALLY cold here in cali, but still colder than usual.

SickSilverNLow

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hmmmmm...i live in a very cold place and it gets down to like 15 deg. sometimes and i never heard that sound . I would also like to know why this would happen!!!

Dr.Sound

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maybe i should add........doesnt matter what gear i'm in, sometimes i start from 2nd.
it will also do it if i'm in neutral. so i dont think anything is wrong with tranny.

xLaNcErEvOx

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im getting a sound like that too, but i think its because my shocks are going out...

Utah-evo

Me two time for coilovers

elhalisf

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it seems to be a comon noise with the evo. did u have the clutch replaced or tcase removed recently?

heavens turbo

rubber shrinks when cold, so if it happens cold, it may be a bushing in the swaybar, etc. saturn ions do a clunk thing with the swaybar bushings, cold or going slow over bumps.

RobDogg

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I have the same exact prob. i think the spring is not seated properly. That happens when you jump the car! I think your shocks are still good have some one check your springs.

Dr.Sound

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no, nothing like that.
thanks for replys guys.

kiley_sean

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I heard that that is one cause of it (spring not being flushly seated), but I just installed coilovers 2 weeks ago and the noise is still there.

Mine only happens when the car is still cold and I am barely taking off in first or reverse. Once the car has been driven for awhile (heats up) I don't hear it anymore. It just started back in December when it got cold here.


I doubt it is the swaybar bushings, I've had them dry out and/or loosen-up before on my other cars, and you usually hear a low pitch squeeking noise when you go over bumps. It sounds like your struts are blown, but it's just the bar rubbing inside of a dry bushing (no clunking).


I think it is the swaybar end links binding-up in the cold.

XK120

iTrader: (18)

i had this problem a few weeks ago..I got worried because I thought that it was my drivetrain or something...after a 2nd gear WOT pull it went away for good..weird huh

Extas

iTrader: (11)

Mine does this and I don't know why. I'm gonna ignore it till it brakes! I'm sick of it and everything checked out fine.

SEEnoEVO

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^+1 Can search forever and never find it sometimes.

Dr.Sound

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on my 2 previous cars (both mazdaspeed proteges) the "clunk" was a never ending story.
the rear swaybar bushings cluncked all the time. dealers had 5 TSBs out for them, but none fixed the problem.
it sounds like a low "thud".

bu maybe you are right, kiley, maybe the sound is produced by endlinks.
guess i'll have to wait untill it warms up in a month to see if it goes away.
sux.

kiley_sean

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What ever it is, it's very common with Evos (from all of the threads I've searched), happens mostly when the temperatures are cold, and doesn't present much of a problem other than noise (that I have seen from the other members).

I'd still like to find my culprit, though.