2008 HHR Klunking
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Joined: 12-02-2013
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From: Marysville, Ohio
2008 HHR Klunking
I have given up on finding the klunk in the front end. I installed new sway bar bushing and no improvement. I can not find the klunck ! There is some play in the rack and pinion though. This is so bad I can not believe it is not easily seen.
The car is going on the market ! I just give up !
It has been up in the air so much it could be an airplane !
The car is going on the market ! I just give up !
It has been up in the air so much it could be an airplane !
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From: Welland,Ont Canada
Well you only replaced one of the possible sources of a clunk.
There's the rear lower control arm bushings.
Then the sway bar end links.
The ball joints sometimes.
The front bumper cover can rattle pretty good.
The strut top plates
The coil spring isolators top and bottom
Then there's the axle hub bearings.
So you have some more inspections to do, or just give your HHR away because your frustrated and upset
I suggest taking a little more time to investigate the causes of rattles and clunks here
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/prob...-pop-s-50648/?
A link thanks Donbrew!
Some clunks are as simple as properly torquing the fasteners!
There's the rear lower control arm bushings.
Then the sway bar end links.
The ball joints sometimes.
The front bumper cover can rattle pretty good.
The strut top plates
The coil spring isolators top and bottom
Then there's the axle hub bearings.
So you have some more inspections to do, or just give your HHR away because your frustrated and upset
I suggest taking a little more time to investigate the causes of rattles and clunks here
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/prob...-pop-s-50648/?
A link thanks Donbrew!
Some clunks are as simple as properly torquing the fasteners!
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From: cali
sway bar end links ? most likely i just did a set and i did the same thing they felt good looked good but the drivers side lower ball was bad and clunking under load , there cheap try it ,also the steering link some times clunks when they dry up ? but u feel it in the car at they wheel and not a body clunk ,,gluck
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There are specific techniques needed to properly diagnose problems with the front end. There are many possible causes of noise in the front end, but unless you can properly diagnose the source(s) of the problem you will just throw money at it without necessarily resolving the issue.
It sounds like replacing the sway bar bushings were a guess - and if you have been reading up on the issues others have had here and are diagnosing the problem based on them, it won't quite cut it. One actually has to lay hands on it and determine the problem after a thorough diagnosis. Often a trip to a trusted mechanic is needed, at least for the diagnosis.
It sounds like replacing the sway bar bushings were a guess - and if you have been reading up on the issues others have had here and are diagnosing the problem based on them, it won't quite cut it. One actually has to lay hands on it and determine the problem after a thorough diagnosis. Often a trip to a trusted mechanic is needed, at least for the diagnosis.
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