DeTomaso Mailing List: July 98, Message #254

Paul, 
Sounds to me like a loose or broken mounting bracket for the anti-roll
bar, allowing the bar to momentarily bind or shift before it moves in the
rubber mount.  I assume that you  liberally coated everything with a
lubricant before you started looking to make sure that it isn't just a
binding bushing.
George
#3790

On Tue, 7 Jul 1998 14:12:50 +0000 "Paul Timko" <thedrol@email.msn.com>
writes:
>I was polishing and waxing my car this weekend and I noticed that I 
>had a
>suspension sound coming from the driver's side front suspension.  When 
>the
>body moves relative to the wheels, I get a quiet sort of clunk.  I 
>checked
>the wheel bearings and they are fine.  So I searched a little more. 
>The
>sound is most pronounced when I push down on the car.  If I push hard 
>and
>let go, the thunk will occur twice.  I am under the belief that I have 
>a
>worn bushing.  Pushing down on the car causes the bushing to move one 
>way,
>then the spring causes it go back the other way.  It does occur in two
>directions, pushing down on the body and pushing from the driver's 
>side to
>the passenger side.  Though it is more pronounced vertically.
>
>The only other thought is that is only really occurs when the spring 
>is
>compressed.  If I jack the car up to take the wheel off the ground, 
>the
>sound disappears.
>
>I spent some time holding onto each suspension mounting point while 
>trying
>(mostly in vain) to recreate the sound.  But I can't feel any of these
>points moving.  I can feel the "thunk" in the suspension though.  Very
>strange.
>
>Any ideas, tests, possible trouble spots?
>
>Paul
>#9270
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