View Single Post
  #13  
Old 08-30-2009, 12:27 AM
JDW-SVX's Avatar
JDW-SVX JDW-SVX is offline
it's ruby red - not burgundy!!
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 447
Registered SVX
Re: Mysterious 'clunk' from front end

I have a suggestion......

My SVX had a very loud clunking noise, which sounded as if it was coming from somewhere in the suspension on the driver's side. Initially, it would only occur on rough roads, but it got so bad that the noise would occur almost every time the suspension moved!



I could also feel something moving around in the suspension when the noise occured.

I finally traced it to a loose bolt that secures the vertical anti-roll bar link (the small link with a ball joint on each end) to the strut on the driver's side. The mounting location on the strut is a slotted hole, so that if the bolt is loose, it will move up and down within that hole and make a loud clunking noise.

I tightened the bolt - problem solved!



...........this may be what you are experiencing.........!



Jason.
__________________
1992 Charcoal Grey SVX - 165,000km

1992 Ruby Red SVX - 165,000km

....now with sequential VIN numbers!


1986 Holden (Isuzu) Piazza Turbo - 225,000km

1993 Mercedes W140 S500 Coupe - 153,000km

1990 Mercedes W124 300D - 313,000km

EG33 + 4EAT + VTD AWD = SVX
Reply With Quote