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JFairman JFairman is offline
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I replied on your other thread about the clunking over bumps.
I'd suggest you drive out the roll pin in the bottom of the strut that secures the bottom of the shock rod there.

You will see a slightly reformed or bent worn spot on the roll pin where it went through the groove in the end of the shock rod. The roll pins holds the shock rod in place in the bottom of the strut. The rollpin is softer steel than the hardened and chromed shock rod so the shock rod shouldn't have any wear from the looseness and clunking.

You can rotate the roll pin 180 degrees so the worn spot faces away from the groove in the shock rod and reinstall it or get a new roll pin and install it. Might be hard finding the right one though..

Just put a floor jack under the wheel or bottom of the strut to support it while removing and reinstalling the roll pin.

If you've eliminated all other possible reasons for the cluck this is probably it. Mine was doiing the same thing and rotating the roll pin fixed it.
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