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90% of the time this "clunk" or "thud" noise is the strut mount bearing.
i had a hell of a time narrowing it down. i was dealing with south park mitsu at the time, who i do not like one bit.
i had the car in to them at least a dozen times and they couldn't figure it out. luckily about a year and a half ago some of us local owners met up with a guy from MMNA. he had a fiance in pittsburgh and wanted to stop out and show us the new IX and collect some opinions on what the X should be like while he was visiting with her parents.
well long story short, he ended up seeing my post about the problem, and being the good natured guy that he was, asked the suspension developer for the USDM evo about it. the guy said the only thing he could really think of was that bearing.
sure enough, i go back to south park and tell them to change that part, they did, and what do you know, no more problem.
apperently when they inspected the bearing assembly after removal they noticed that most if not all of the grease had worked it's way out of the assembly, thus causing the spring to bind.
so whenever this kind of noise crops up for people, i always suggest they check this first, because it is an easy thing to look into, and a cheap part to fix. like travis said, a bunch of us have had this problem, and it always seems to come back to that bearing. i believe EvoDan also had the exact same issue.
i always like when i can help people with this, because it is one of the few things on the evo that i have a very good understanding of, and lots of personal experience with.
it is a tricky noise to diagnose too, at first i thought the noise was coming from the rear of the car, because of the way it was echoing around. but after a couple months of driving around with it, it started to progressively get worse, and was easily identifiable as coming from the front end.
mine always happened when i was turning at low speed with the wheel at or near full lock, but i have seen cases of people getting it when going in a straight line or turning at higher speeds.
i had a hell of a time narrowing it down. i was dealing with south park mitsu at the time, who i do not like one bit.
i had the car in to them at least a dozen times and they couldn't figure it out. luckily about a year and a half ago some of us local owners met up with a guy from MMNA. he had a fiance in pittsburgh and wanted to stop out and show us the new IX and collect some opinions on what the X should be like while he was visiting with her parents.
well long story short, he ended up seeing my post about the problem, and being the good natured guy that he was, asked the suspension developer for the USDM evo about it. the guy said the only thing he could really think of was that bearing.
sure enough, i go back to south park and tell them to change that part, they did, and what do you know, no more problem.
apperently when they inspected the bearing assembly after removal they noticed that most if not all of the grease had worked it's way out of the assembly, thus causing the spring to bind.
so whenever this kind of noise crops up for people, i always suggest they check this first, because it is an easy thing to look into, and a cheap part to fix. like travis said, a bunch of us have had this problem, and it always seems to come back to that bearing. i believe EvoDan also had the exact same issue.
i always like when i can help people with this, because it is one of the few things on the evo that i have a very good understanding of, and lots of personal experience with.
it is a tricky noise to diagnose too, at first i thought the noise was coming from the rear of the car, because of the way it was echoing around. but after a couple months of driving around with it, it started to progressively get worse, and was easily identifiable as coming from the front end.
mine always happened when i was turning at low speed with the wheel at or near full lock, but i have seen cases of people getting it when going in a straight line or turning at higher speeds.
I was told the same thing about the bearing.....tried to tell baierl while they had it and since it wouldn't make the noise for them they said we cant just replace parts without reason (which I guess me telling them what MMNA said and what I heard didn't mean anything). So I left and traded the car due to other issues, but it never made that noise again. Kind of weird up until the day I took it to the dealer it was non-stop and then it disappeared and they didn't repair anything......
My 06 has done it twice and i knew right away what it was but both times it did it was really cold and it hasn't done it since so I am just holding off till it gets warmer....thinking the cold might have had something to do with it happening.
Last edited by travman; Feb 14, 2008 at 04:59 AM.
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im still thinkin about the jestr tune but you guys can probably count me in for it too...i sent a pm about a month ago to jestr and heres the reply i got...
Yes, when CBRD's car is done, I'll be going up there to tune some cars.
Originally Posted by JestrTuning
Originally Posted by Posey075
Do you have any plans of attending any events or have any plans of a dyno day or etc. close to Pittsburgh this year?
-Jason
-Jason
ok guys, I'm going to contact Chad and try and set a date and get some more
information.
As far as people who are interested, the list looks like this:
Mike01gsr
MondoBongo
bvdawg13
gt420hp
V8hunter
Posey075
Speed Junkyz
If I missed someone or someone else is interested please let me know!
Mike!
information.
As far as people who are interested, the list looks like this:
Mike01gsr
MondoBongo
bvdawg13
gt420hp
V8hunter
Posey075
Speed Junkyz
If I missed someone or someone else is interested please let me know!
Mike!
