by MYREDPT » Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:42 pm
The job went rather uneventful. I started on the passenger side and discovered a broken lower mount when I took it out to get to front mounting bolt for the Lower Control Arm (LCA). The order of removal is very straight forward, remove the sway bar links, remove the ball joint bolt, remove the ball joint stud front the steering knuckle, remove the LCA mounting bolts and pull it out. Reverse the steps to re-install.
The rear bushing on the passenger side was shot! The center bushing had slipped up allowing the metal on the LCA to hit the cross member. That is where my clunk was coming from. The drivers side was better but it does not pay to do half a job. Not only is the noise gone but the ride is very smooth again.
2001 Inferno Red Limited
2003 Inferno Red GT
2008 Limited Turbo Lite Cool Vanilla
2005 Topless Edition Turbo Electric Blue