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Old 07-22-2019, 12:07 AM   #25
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I'm getting the same noise on the driver side, stock struts on RCE yellow springs. Started a couple months ago with a single pop when backing up and turning out of my driveway. It is now several quick pops when in reverse and then a couple again when moving forward, all with the wheel cranked pretty hard. I checked sway bar end links on both sides, went so far as to remove one endlink and drive around that way. No change. I replaced the driver side strut top hat today. No change.

This is the first time I've seen someone suggest the sway bar itself needs to be lubed - I can't rule that out since I never disconnected both end links, the bar still would have been moving around. Going to try that next.

Simulating turning by putting a low profile jack under the tire doesn't result in the clicking. I think it requires suspension movement with different loads on each side along with steering turns.

I'll update after lubing up the sway bar mounts.
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