Need help ASAP Rounded a bolt

[ohioan]

BUT!!!! I'm hoping that when I get my other side link and tighten that this will help (I just don't think it will).

A friend said that it sounds (from the way I describe it) like it would be the ball joint. I'll keep up on post

 

[khoney]

I'll be doing my Koni fronts this weekend (if the honeydew list is short). Will keep you posted as well. Dealership said it was 'normal' to clunk like that...

And they wonder why I perform my own service whenever possible.

 

[ohioan]

Was in fact the end links.(smash)

I finished everything and the noise was still there. I replaced the bump stops and it was still there. I've been getting pretty upset and called mazda to see how much they'd charge to take it out and see what the deal was ($45).

The noise was really bad yesterday and worse today, so I decieded, on my lunch to re-check the nuts on the end links and one was pretty loose. When I got home I tightened it pretty good without jacking the car up and now, NO NOISE


...so i'm a happy camper (cabpatch)

 

[ohioan]

khoney, Did all go well with you?

 

[khoney]

Install went well - still have a clunk over speedbumps, though. Guess I need to check the endlinks too. The front bumper now scrapes on the driveway due to the lowering. I have to hit the driveway on the diagonal and go real slow now.