axr clunk fix is still clunking

[01ProtegeMP3]

so its still clunking...during the install i sripped a cross member bolt however i got a different bolt and added some washers also to tighten it all up... but its clunking... so heres a video of my camera under my car while it clunked which is all the time... where would you say its from?

http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm117/01protegemp3/?action=view&current=M4V00465.flv

and yes every clink or clunk or annoying ass sound is loud in car and it echos off walls outside the car!!

 

[01ProtegeMP3]

No one?? come on... any ideas where its comming from??

 

[MP3Performance]

maybe its your exhust hangers. the stock hangers become very soft and allow alot of movement. it might be hitting something as you go over bumps?

 

[lowpro35]

corksport solid hangers ftw>>

 

[01ProtegeMP3]

it happen after i put my sway bar back on... it was off for a little while... (i broke a endlink) and i shaked my exhaust and it never hit anything...

 

[lowpro35]

hmm.....strange that is young padawan..mhhmm

 

[01ProtegeMP3]

ya tell me about it... i cant figure it out... and im starting to get really pissed off lol... it sounds like its on the drivers side however i have no clue... sounds echo..

 

[amair001]

Get some new swaybar bushings from awr. i did mine the same time i did the clunk fix and havent heard a noise since

 

[01ProtegeMP3]

came with new bushing tho...

 

[01ProtegeMP3]

well after reading this... looks like it may be my struts... time for some new ones...

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123703857&highlight=axr+clunk+fix+install

 

[o.g.sk8er]

sounds like the endlink. I know you said everything is tight, but check again. endlinks top and bottom and the subframe bolts.

if all is tight, remove the endlinks and see if the noise goes away. then, if the noise persists, you can at least eliminate the sway bar as the problem.

*edit* also, did you grease up your bushings as well?

 

[Jspeed17]

Its definitely a metal to metal noise, not bushing related. Lol cool video though!

 

[01ProtegeMP3]

ya i greased the hell out of the them lol...

thanks i thought it was a good idea?? thought about doin a longer video but i see a rock takin out my camera(doh)

ok im going to tightin the endlinks more today after work...


*edit... and i know this is a dumb question but what size is our lug bolts... i couldnt find a size???

 

[mp3-79bronco]

mine still makes some noise too and i have new struts/ springs all the way around and i put the new bushings it came with on also...(greased up good)

and i couldnt feel anything wrong with my endlinks

 

[orlandomsp]

If it sounds like metal on metal, it's probably your endlinks. Check them under load (with the car on the ground) if they aren't completely flush withthe sway bar, you'll clunk. If you find that they aren't sitting right, jack up the car and fix the problem, I had the same thing happen to me.

 

[mp3-79bronco]

what do you mean by flush with the sway bar

 

[01ProtegeMP3]

well i guess im glad im not the only one... but i just got home from work so im out in the garage rite now im gunna look at the endlinks...

 

[01ProtegeMP3]

If it sounds like metal on metal, it's probably your endlinks. Check them under load (with the car on the ground) if they aren't completely flush withthe sway bar, you'll clunk. If you find that they aren't sitting right, jack up the car and fix the problem, I had the same thing happen to me.

well i must say thank you!! found out that the bottom nut on the left side was stripped... it skipped some threads... so now my new endlink has a stripped head... and no nut... so um re thread and find a corresponding nut??

 

[orlandomsp]

well i must say thank you!! found out that the bottom nut on the left side was stripped... it skipped some threads... so now my new endlink has a stripped head... and no nut... so um re thread and find a corresponding nut??

glad I could help. You could try and rethread it, but I'd rather buy a new one from mazda. It's worth the peace of mind IMO, plus I don't have a tap and die set.

 

[01ProtegeMP3]

glad I could help. You could try and rethread it, but I'd rather buy a new one from mazda. It's worth the peace of mind IMO, plus I don't have a tap and die set.

haha my dad has a really good one... but what sucks i just got this endlink friday... like last friday brand new from mazda!!!