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Thud after poly bushing upgrades.
Posted by Asia (more from Asia) on Mon, 7 Feb 2005 08:36:26
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I keep hearing a thud, not often, but there when going over uneven surfaces. Over the weekend, I took out the control arms and stachion arms. The control arms were fitted with inner and outer bushings from our sponsor Taliaferro. I also installed new bushings for the front sway bar. I am not sure if these are the growing pains while the suspension re-settles to the car or whether is a reflection of an installation problem. During the process, probably while using the ball joint splitter, I think I cracked the booties that cover the ball joint. It is also possible they were broken before since my car is a 1996.
Any ideas where this thud might be coming from? I read some comments that perhaps is the stud for the front sway bar, but I think those where pretty tight. I was afraid of making them TOO tight as it got to the point where the stud rotated while tightening the lock nut. I also re-used the ball join nuts. I was told that these are supposed to be installed new each time. Is that correct? Any other suggestions for possible reasons for this Thud??
P.S. My front is now super stiff! Maybe too much: Poly-Urethane bushings all around, MP steering clamp, and sub frame brace + 17" tires. hopefully new springs and shocks soon will take care of this.
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