Just an idea but what about rear main frame bushings? I have experience about one car with worn main frame bushings and during slow downs and accelerating it "clunked" like you told? There is big parts moving so it really can be felt.

I'd say lift your car up and check if you see any visible marks of worn bushings?

 

Sounds like a broken sway bar bracket. A well know weak point in our cars.

 

I checked the brackets...they look fine, but I felt like one ooked closer to the metal behind it than the other...where do they break? And is it just the bracket breaks or does the bracket separate itself from the frame part? Like it would need to be welded?

 

The bracket it just a thin piece of stamped metal. It fits in a slot on one end and bolts to the cross-member on the other. The bolt flange broke on mine. Trust, if you break one it is incredibly obvious - the bracket won't be touching the cross-member and it will be an inch or so away from it as well.

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put the cat on the lift and inspect the sway bar end link. may be loose or broken. also chech if sway bar is tight

 

doesn't look like the brackets are borken, but it does seems there may be play...like the bushings are all squashed.

 

Some front end clunks are hard to diagnose. Thrust arm bushings didn't resolve mine. All looks good and tight when she's up on a rack. She's going up again today for further investigation. The clunk is driving me crazy. If I learn anything, I'll report back.

Dave

 

I have a nice front end clunk on my car also, very annoying. It seems to happen when the car is going on an uneven surface. Like going into a driveway at an angle (like everytime I come home or leave home). Seems to be coming from the front pass side area, but still hard to tell.

So if you find out any more info, please let us know.

Chris

 

Check the front strut rubber mounts.

 

front strut rubber mounts cured mine.....had to have them done at around 40K

 

How about ball joint? I believe mine was the thrust arm ball joint that caused the clunks. I've got new suspensions and arms, so all noise gone. check by pounding on the ball joint with a mallet, see if you hear any clunks.

 

I think it is my front strut...it's now making a lot of noise...so I am ging replace the struts and then also te sway bar brackets and bushings...it looks like they are pretty much worn out as well...We'll see what happens until then.

 

Echoing above.....Could be a bad Ball joint!!

 

For me it was the ball joints. Went to 3 different places, half of them just wanted to rip me off trying to tell me it was the struts.

With me it no noise for 10 minutes, then noise starts, it was very annoying.

 

Mine boink are the rubberts from the plate that hold a part of the exaustpipes. Need to have new ones...