knocking coming from... rear?

thecrash91

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2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege
so its almost like the click when your cv joint is going bad except it was more like a knock. and get this, it was coming from the rear driver side.. could it just be the suspension clunk? wheel bearing? i thought the front would have gone bad way before the rear
 
I know for me it was the swaybar bushings. The stock ones only lasted about 3,000 miles, I put in aftermarket ones, and they went bad too. After getting tired of always greasing them, and the sound, I ended up pulling the bar out completely. You could also check your links as well but those always held up for me.
 
forgot to mention its speed dependent, so when i go faster so does the knock. but when i go over like 40-45 mph it goes away.
 
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