Need help diagnosing my Miata Clunk
I have had the Miata Clunk on my '01 front suspension for a few years and have never been able to fix it. I have searched and read countless threads on m-net and am aware of most of the causes. The clunk ususally occurs at low speeds over small bumps such as pulling into a driveway.
I have noticed two things associated with this. 1) It is much worse in hot weather. On a 90 degree day the clunk is very bad, on a 30 degree day it is almost non-existant. 2) When I first start the car, I can almost always reproduce it by cranking the wheel to the right and slowly backing up. Once the has been driven a few miles, this will not reproduce it. I am fairly confident it is not from any of the following items. - shocks or springs (replaced them) - slider pins (well lubed several times) - Caliper (does not happen only when applying the brakes) - Alignment bolts (my alignment guy insisted they were tight and he does a lot of spec Miatas) - Sway bar mount - Bolts are tight and bussings are lubed) The only remaining thing I can think of is possibly control arm bushings. Your thoughts please :dunno: |
Try putting some torque on the steering rack brackets. I did that and it pretty much cleared up the clunk when I first got my car.
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Bad tie rod?
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