Sentra Suspension Clunking Fixed

As planned, I replaced my front control arms today. Front end is now quiet, no clunking. There is no visible damage on the old control arms. But when I pulled the arms out, I ended up with a lot of rubber bits and dust on the driveway. Seems like the rubber bushings deteriorated. At any rate, its fixed now.

Bill > Since my first posting on this subject, I have pulled the struts out,

disassembled and inspected them. The top bearings seemed to have a little play, > but everything else looked okay. I put in new bearings (they only cost $6 each) > and reinstalled the struts. Suspension still clunking. > > I ran an autocross Sunday, and now there is even more clunking. Only now it is > more frequent, and like creaking instead of clunking, on braking and > acceleration. One of the Sentra guys at the autocross suggested replacing the > lower control arms -- his old Sentra SER made a lot of noise until he replaced > them. I checked and Mossy Nissan has them in stock for $142 each. These include > the rubber bushings and a new ball joint. Lacking any other ideas, I think that > I will replace the control arms this weekend and see if that helps. > > Bill in San Diego > 98 Sentra SE 2.0 > > >>I've got this annoying clunking sound from the front suspension of my 98 > > Sentra > >>SE 2.0. At first, it occured primarily while accelerating from a stop and >>turning (at the same time). It has become increasingly frequent, and now > > occurs > >>also on straight acceleration, and when applying the brakes, or sometimes > > when > >>going over bumps. I replaced both axles. There was a temporary improvement, > > but > >>over the course of a couple days, the clunking came back. I pulled the > > struts, > >>inspected the ball joints and everything else I could think of. There was > > again > >>a temporary improvement. I pulled the right axle back out to replace the seal >>(I had dislodged it while installing the axle), reinstalled, and again there > > is > >>a temporary improvement -- on both sides. (The clunking comes from either > > side, > >>not at them same time though.) It seems that jacking up the front end >>temporarily reduces the frequency and amplitude of the clunking. >> >>I'm thinking the only other possiblities are the brake calipers and springs. >>Could the calipers shifting around make a clunking noise? I have KYB AGX > > struts > >>with stock springs. Maybe the springs shift around on the perches and cause >>this noise? I guess I'll be pulling the struts back out and inspecting >>everything in detail, but I'm otherwise not sure what to do.
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