Jump to content
SAU Community

Load Clunk At The Front Of The Car

Jsikalias
 Share

Recommended Posts

Jsikalias Rising Star

Jsikalias

Posted
Posted

now i have a problem people every time i drive into my driveway i hear a metal clunk like somthing is loose with the right wheel but i have inspected any loose parts i.e checked the suspension, bushes are near new, wheel bearing i think seems to be ok, and the brakes are tight so is the wheel nuts and im not sure if it would be the steering? or the ball joint?

also happens when u try reverse parking and u move forward then u revers and then press the brake it makes a clunk?

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/174239-load-clunk-at-the-front-of-the-car/
Share on other sites
skylinecouple Experienced

skylinecouple

Posted
Posted

Check your brake pads and see if the shims are all there.Should be 2 little ones on inner and outer with 2 large ones on each pad backing.The clunk you hear could be the pad moving back and forth .

GTS_Retro Enthusiast

GTS_Retro

Posted
Posted

check the nut that attached the rack to chassi, mine was loose and for ages i could hear a light glunk and knock over unever road on the left front. It fooled me becasue the nut is on the left hand side of the rack in the hr31's.

Paradizzle Grand Master

Paradizzle

Posted
Posted

I have this exact problem... pedders didnt find shit, they went on about some bush which they 'modified' but the noise is still there.

It happens mostly on directional change as he mentioned. I get it when im reversing out of my driveway... then when i go to take off forward it normally happens. ALso when i am reversing, turning and braking it also happens.

Jsikalias Rising Star

Jsikalias

Posted
  • Author
Posted

yeh i know i just found out yesterday they couldnt find it also but they mentioned my big pivot behing the brake sits on is moving but there not 100% so im stuck i dont know wat to do now i dont want to spend money on changing things that are okay....

Hootchy Community Regular

Hootchy

Posted
Posted

I've got the same problem too! I had a abit of a geezzer and there's abit of play between the rack end and the steering arm

I don't know if this is what's causing the clunk as I only had a really half arsed look.

4drftn Experienced

4drftn

Posted
Posted

i had a sound in the car which sounded clunky as i ran over a bump or something it sounded like it was in the front but people outside the car (as i was pulling up outside work one day) said it sounded like rear... for a long time before that i thought it was front strut damage or something to do with suspension, but in the end it was my center cap on rear wheel piece over my volk racing wheels... didnt matter how much i tightened it, it still clunked. ended up putting a piece of rubber under the cap... stopped it...

negativecamber Collaborator

negativecamber

Posted
Posted

i had the exact same problem mate. mine would clunk when braking for speed bumps, turning into my driveway, when braking heavily etc. i fixed the problem by using a breaker bar to tighten my sway bar 'D' bush mounts and crossmember bolts. the problem was fixed!

i had tried installing newer bushes for the swaybar link bits and new rose jointed castor rods also but they didnt help.

MBS206 Grand Master

MBS206

Posted
Posted

I have the exact same issue.

Especially the reversing and then braking issue.

My wheel alignment guy found the problem.

My front upper control arm bush was shot, allowing the control arm to float backwards and forwards into the car body.

He noticed it via the tiny amount of rust where it was hitting and slight scraping/ding.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • pogman
      Low oil pressure after WOT

      By pogman · Posted

      i cant get them all in 1 screenshot unfortunately as i just dont know how to moth things around tbh, but they are all from the same log and the line crosses at the same point for all of them
    • MBS206
      The Ls1 R33 Of Fury

      By MBS206 · Posted

      It's about time I start work on my sun tan. So I knocked up a few parts that will all combine together to become my new power steering reservoir. Now just to produce an abundance of UV and IR rays while melting a heap of bits of alu to become one... Well, that's after I put one more hole in it for the return line to plumb to. It likely won't be this weekend, as Sunday I'm meant to be in doing some last minute stuff to the AMG race car, and the weekend after will be filled with non my Skyline stuff, followed by Bathurst 6 hour. So I don't expect to get to melt metal for at least 3 weeks.   I also managed to stuff up and start cutting the hole for the res to pump pipe on the wrong side of the line... It means instead of the lines being nice and tight against the inner guard, they'll be out off the guard.    The size of it means I should end up with about 1.8L of power steering fluid, and still have space for another half a litre before it reaches the overflow/breather. This is wayyyyyyy more capacity than factory, which should help keep Powersteer oil temps lower, and the design hopefully allows it to prevent any aerated oil being able to makes its way down to the bottom as it'll have a couple of baffles and some hopeful trickery to force air bubbles away from the bottom.
    • MBS206
      Low oil pressure after WOT

      By MBS206 · Posted

      The log you did with ECU voltage, can you log the other things too like rpm and oil pressure? Need all that info together to compare easily
    • MBS206
      Low oil pressure after WOT

      By MBS206 · Posted

      Editting as I hit post to soon, and this will lock out otherwise.
    • pogman
      Low oil pressure after WOT

      By pogman · Posted

      Think ill be going hunting for bad earths and might just replace the alternator for shits n gigs as its an LS alternator but only about 5 years old with very minimal use in that 5 years.
×
×
  • Create New...