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How do you know if front end clunk is from strut bushings or sway bar links..>>>

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Old 04-17-2005, 05:41 PM
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Default How do you know if front end clunk is from strut bushings or sway bar links..>>>

without tearing apart the entire front suspension?
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Default Grab the top of the tire and start a gentle rocking motion toward you and away from you. Increase

the effort until you are rocking the car. If it clunks, 80% chance it's strut or strut bushings.

Does that help?
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That helps, thanks a bunch.
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