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    Clunking in rear suspension

    I recently installed dropzone lowering springs and I also installed camber kits in the front and rear to take care of the camber issue. I have noticed that when I turn left when I'm giong at highway speeds that there is a clunking noise coming from the right rear wheel. I checked to make sure that everything was tight, and there isn't any play in the balljoint or in the wheel bearings. The only problem that I saw was that one of the rear sway bar bushings was pretty worn. It was bad enough that there is a little metal-to-metal contact. Could this be what is clunking? BTW, the clunking sound didn't start to happen until after I put in the camber kit in the rear. Any help is appreciated. Thanks



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    You answered your own question.
    I say you should replace all the bushings since its such an old car.
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    Start with the bushing, but save enough money for when we race.
    I'm your local R&D nut. Fabracting, welding, tuning and breaking my stuff so you don't have to.

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    You want an adrenaline rush? It'll be two large right here right now. What's it gonna be? Hehehehehe. Naw, I'm just a broke ass college kid without a job, so the most I'll put down is a buck fity. Big spender, huh? I'll look into ordering some new bushing so I can put them in during break.

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    Originally posted by 300700'88lx-i
    You want an adrenaline rush? It'll be two large right here right now. What's it gonna be? Hehehehehe. Naw, I'm just a broke ass college kid without a job, so the most I'll put down is a buck fity. Big spender, huh? I'll look into ordering some new bushing so I can put them in during break.
    Damnit Delano you and those F&F qoutes
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    why have jeff hold the money? cause he's too slow to make away with the dough....haha
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    Originally posted by red97lxscort
    why have jeff hold the money? cause he's too slow to make away with the dough....haha
    Shit...you wanna race Justin... cause them are fighting words
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    $150.... good lord that is a lot of money! Hey I'm a broke ass college student and every extra dime goes into my car. I was thinking like looser buys lunch, or just $10. It is not like I have a money tree in my back yard or something.
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    I'll race both of you and If you guys win you pay me a dollar and if I win you pay me a dollar.

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    I meant $1.50, shit I don't have $150 to throw down on a race lol.

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    i have a suspension clunking noise too, but i think its from that kid we ran over last week.
    **please side note for the two of you that always read my post and go talk shit about it, get a life**

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    It's an interesting thing, I thought that sliding my car into a curb would help to stop the noise, but apparently it didn't help much. I guess the fact that I can't drive my car now might help in some ways, so technichally, the noise has stopped. My parents were nice enough to call me this evening to tell me that the ticket is going to be $130, so I guess the car won't be drivable again til summer time, or if I was somehow able to run into some money before then (prostitution?), maybe I could finish fixing it during spring break or something. If no money comes my way, then there won't be a 3g for me when the April meet comes around.

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