Reply to "Front End "Clunk" Driving Me Noisily Insane"

George PAdmin.

I second David's (deeb's) suggestion as a possible source of clunking. Look at your radiator mounting.

There are two "tabs" tack welded to the front crossmember, which support your radiator. There is only a small clearance between the top of the front crossmember and the bottom of the radiator. If the rubber grommet were missing, or pulled out of its hole, or if one of the tabs were bent downward, the radiator will contact the crossmember and make a clunking sound.

One of those tabs on 6018 was not spot welded properly, and the tab was bent downward somewhat. I didn't discover this until I removed the radiator a few months ago. My new radiator was hitting the crossmember.

So to sum up your places to check:

B/O steering rack bushing
B/O suspension pivots or ball joints
Radiator tubes hitting anti-roll bar or cross brace
Radiator hitting front cross member

cowboy from hell

8/24/076:57 PM

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