Front End Clunks

[Alexander van Gerbig]

    I had the same clunking symptoms to a tee on my old 80.  It turned out
to be loose front ball joints, loose at the control arm mounting points.  I
torqued the bolts above spec and had to do so two or three times a month
because of the wickedly stiff suspension.  My clunk was worst when backing
up at a very sharp angle out of a friends driveway, boing!  Everytime I
accelerated forwards, clunk, then braking, clunk, over and over.  Sharp
turning at a very slow speed could cause the clunk and would make the engine
shake visibly, weird.

Good Luck,

Alexander van Gerbig -- '90 90q20v -- '88 80t (R.I.P)

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