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Old 07-19-2016, 09:34 PM   #1
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Clonking noise, can anyone identify (video)?

I started getting a light rattle over the last weeks. I wasn't sure if it was some tools I keep in the trunk, and it wasn't enough for me to really bother about it.

Last week it was a bit worse, and I figured it might be my stock rear stabiliser endlinks. I have Whiteline endlinks that I didn't get around to installing yet and I am waiting for new brake pads, so I thought I would do it all in one go. So I still didn't do anything. Today I wanted to go for a drive (car is not daily driven), and the noise was considerably worse! I emptied the trunk from tools and found a cobblestone parking lot and drove around trying to localise the noise, windows down.

It didn't seem to come from the rear after all, but rather from the right front. It seems to be more pronounced when turning left and when driving slowly. Driving faster and on even road it's only makes a clunking occasionally.

Before I start the big trouble shooting. Does anyone recognise this noise?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5E_vNS15wI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5E_vNS15wI[/ame]

2-3 weeks ago I hit a BAD pot hole at 30 mph. The kind where you pull over and get out to see it something broke.

As I was annoyed with my steering wheel being a bit of center (from last alignment nothing to do with the pot hole), I took it to the alignment shop and it was exactly the same specs as before.

I also did a 10-15 laps at the local racetrack (at that time where I started to suspect the rear endlinks). This was pretty much the last time I drove the car, I think I drove it once or twice in between.
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