Hi FD drivers,

I have learned a lot about suspension clunking and therefore I will replace the 6 pillow ball bearings. But there is additional problem. Front brake clunking. Is there a how to for that? Is it hard to find / repair?

Thanks for your advice.

nogbold

 

I would suspect that it is the front control arm bushings. Either upper or lower.

 

My car developed a "clunk" noise in the front suspension shortly after I bought the car. There are other causes, but in my case I finally traced it to fore and aft movement of the upper 'A' arm along the mounting bolts and between the chassis mounting flanges. It was only a few mm of movement, but very noticiable when braking at low speed...forward or backing up. I used the fix described below. No issues for about 5 years now.
http://www.fd3s.net/suspension_troubleshooting.html
^scroll down to the post by FSBOREGIS.

 

Check your sway bar mounts to see if they aren't bent. My ones are bent so badly that my sway bar doesn't move unless I brake which causes the end links to hit and grind up against the lower arm causing some noise.