We took the 85 300CD to the San Juans for the weekend, perfect time to visit,
no traffic, wonderful scenery, no ferry wait, etc. Car ran great there and
back at XX MPH with a fresh M1 change and B50. On the return trip I settled
back in the drivers seat and twiddled the cruise control which has been dormant
for a while now. Heavens to Betsie, it worked! Turn up the Lionel Richie and
Duran Duran!
Bruce
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There seems to be a rush to condemn the ball joints now. I've NEVER
experienced "clunks on bumps at low speeds" when the ball joints were
bad (but if they are REALLY bad they could I suppose). That HAS been a
consistent presenting symptom with bad sway bar bushings.
had the clunk post sway bar bushing replacement, isolated the ball joints with
water test, changed the ball joints, no more clunk.
Just my experience, YMMV
CHris
Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Peterson wrote:
> Regarding my front end clunk on bumps at low speeds, someone suggested that
> I check / replace the front anti-sway bar bushings. Parts are cheap, $30,
> and it is DIY job. Does anyone think this could be the clunk (dealer says
> new control arms and bushings but I doubt this at 74k) I am trying to get
> rid of? Any way to test the anti-sway bushings? I found the rubber hard,
> but not rock hard. It is very hard to tell where front end sounds are
> coming from
There seems to be a rush to condemn the ball joints now. I've NEVER
experienced "clunks on bumps at low speeds" when the ball joints were
bad (but if they are REALLY bad they could I suppose). That HAS been a
consistent presenting symptom with bad sway bar bushings. Bad ball
joints (as well as bad rear suspension links) do permit the front end to
seem "nervous" requiring a lot of attention when driving at highway
speeds. In my experience, ball joints outlast sway bar bushings by at
least 3:1. Control arm bushings and ball joints usually last AT LEAST
200kmi miles (and can last a lot longer if you drive 20+kmi a year).
Early sway bar bushings however, often failed after 4-6 years and even
the revised ones might not be expected to last more than 100-150kmi. I
have revised bushings on two cars, but they don't have even 75kmi on
them and that's true of MOST people that have replaced the bushings on 124s.
Marshall
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On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 03:56:42PM -0500, Marshall Booth wrote:
> There seems to be a rush to condemn the ball joints now. I've NEVER
> experienced "clunks on bumps at low speeds" when the ball joints were
> bad (but if they are REALLY bad they could I suppose). That HAS been a
> consistent presenting symptom with bad sway bar bushings. Bad ball
> joints (as well as bad rear suspension links) do permit the front end to
> seem "nervous" requiring a lot of attention when driving at highway
> speeds.
The clunk in my 190D didn't go away after a ball joint failed catastrophically
and the LCA was replaced. When I got around to replacing the front struts, the
clunk was history. Car's mileage is irrelevant because the replaced struts
were KYBs. (WHY?)
K
