[V8] What IS all that racket?

[Greg Furstenwerth]

Reminds me of when I had work done on my 4000 and 3 out of 4 of the 
subframe bolts were GONE!...

Greg
93 V8

getur at optonline.net wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Arman <Armanmik at earthlink.net>
> Date: Friday, April 21, 2006 1:03 pm
> Subject: [V8] What IS all that racket?
>
>   
>>
>> Noticing all kinds of clunks and clanks from the front end lately,
>> obviously suspension noise, I hear it when I enter/leave a driveway,
>> sometimes on tight, slow turns (parking lots).
>>
>> What are the "usual suspects" for this? I looked but didn't see 
>> anythingobvious beyond the sway bar bushings to the subframe, which 
>> are kind of
>> tired.
>>
>>
>>     
> *************
> Check the subframe bolts. See if they are spinning freely. Last year after having the sub frame bushings refreshed I started hearing odd noises when turning. It turned out that one of the subframe nuts had snapped free in the frame rail which allowed the subframe to move around a little.
>
> Best of luck
>
> George Tur
> 91 V8
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