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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 05:44 AM
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I have this weird, what I would call rattle in the front end. Sounds like it;\'s coming from the Drivers side. I say weird because it It only happens going over bumps and sounds like a coffee maker percolating, it's really faint. ANY HELP??????
 

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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 08:23 AM
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Loose/broken shock, or sway bar link.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 09:39 AM
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Could also be the infamous steering column bushing.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 09:50 AM
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I just replaced the shocks, I'll check to see if they need to be torqued alittle. also check the links too. How big of a job is the steering column bushing?? I honestly didn't notice the noise before the shocks were done though. Thanks for the info.
 

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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 10:21 AM
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my money is on the sway bar links....
 
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 03:07 PM
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if you just replaced your shocks, did you put the washers back in with the new shocks? your shocks are likely still loose............

get on there with a breakerbar on the ratchet; these guys say to torque it to 100 ft/lbs. mine still clunked at 100...... i think i ended up at 120ft/lbs...........
 
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 03:35 PM
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It's going up in the air right now I'll post the results.
 
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