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BoarderTy
03-12-2011, 08:56 PM
ok so im not 100% sure on what the issue is here.
there is a clunking sound in the rear end on both sides of the car (passenger and driver, passenger side sounds worse)

i assumed/thought it was the struts, but when i hit a bump it doesnt feel like the car bounces a lot or anything, even when there is more weight in the back it still rides like the struts are fine.

my second thought would be maybe the strut mounts? im thinking that the passenger side is worse because in the winter on icy/slippery parking lots i have a tendency to grab that E-brake and slide around a lil :p

but more the fact of the matter...

Struts or strut mounts??

Lucalare
03-12-2011, 08:58 PM
Pretty sure it's strut mounts.

alero_bmxer
03-12-2011, 08:59 PM
both. just because your struts are blown out doesn't always mean its gonna bounce. my back end was clunking so i replaced the mounts not even thinking about the struts. 3 months later it was clunking again... because my struts are blown out. now my mounts are shot again. so this week its getting new struts all around.

robalero
03-13-2011, 08:20 AM
sway bay bushings

BoarderTy
03-13-2011, 02:00 PM
sway bay bushings

it only happens when i hit a bump (crack in the road/something abrupt and sharp up and down like that)

Alerojester
03-13-2011, 04:49 PM
sway bar bushings the other halfs Escape did the same thing till we got all new bushings

BoarderTy
03-13-2011, 05:39 PM
how much are bushings?

robalero
03-13-2011, 06:01 PM
I found here in canada their dealer only and around $50 for both of them and simple as pie to install

robalero
03-14-2011, 04:56 PM
and for the rear not the front