Hi
Okay this is a puzzle to me. If I drive up to about 15mph and SLAM on the brake without letting the car skid so the car does a nose dive when the car's front end comes up there is a load clunking noise. It also does the same over bumps. the car dealer thinks I need a brake job. The brakes do need work but I don't believe thats causing my problem. (The dealers don't make much on warranty repairs so they make it up by charging for unneeded repairs). I think the problem is the bar mounted to the front of the car frame near where the sway bar is mounted on one end and to the control arm/hub at the other end . The problem I am having is I can't seem to find any reference to the part in any auto supply web sites including Rock Auto There are two of them one on each side It looks like a sway bar or mounting arm its solidly mounted to the hub carrier/control arm assembly and mounted on the other end to the front of the car via a large rubber bushing and bolt. Can someone tell what that part is and where can I get them I'd like to replace them with something a little stiffer. I believe that is the problem if I rap on it with a rubber mallet it makes a slight clunking sound. When the car is lifted on a jack the arm looks like its twisting alot in its bushing quite a bit and it does not take much to move it arm with a prying tool near the bushing.
Thanks,
Dave