So when i'm driving slowly, not even over heavy bumps, i can hear this knocking sound coming from the rear passenger side (i'm in australia, so rear drivers side for US)...i've had a look, nothing seems to be loose...when i climb on the bumper and bounce the car up and down, it seems to be coming from the top of the strut?..any ideas on wht this could be?
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knocking from rear!!
- Thread starter ruffneck
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SuperWhite92
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Maybe your strut mount has bit the dust. When they wear out they make a sort of clunking sound over bumps and such.
ruffneck":1lmdw82m said:strut mount is the same thing as bearing plate? this is what i thought it might be..is it a diy job, or special tools needed?
I would say diy, you wont need to compress the spring, since your not taking the the assembly itself apart.
ruffneck":13ebn91t said:ok took it to a guy that has done some work for me in the past, he reckons it's the strut knocking inside, due to leakage or something...i'm thinking now's a good time to finish off the whiteline package, i already have the club handling pack.
you have lowering springs on stock struts? probably led to a premature death of the strut. best to go the full monty now.
BraveUlysses
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Check your rear sway bar endlinks. The stock ones will not stay tight on my whiteline swaybar, which results in clunking.
I can confirm that worn struts/mounts do cause clunking. I just got new OEM rears, strut mounts and stabilizer bar bushings and my clunk has finally disappeared. Now the only sound my car makes is the rattling change in the ashtray! My old struts were leaking and the boots had disintigrated - prob 15 years old.
Well, they're KYB - aftermarket, not Toyota OEM. I wouldn't be suprised if the Toyota part was just repackaged KYB though. They shipped same day from Tire Rack, so did the struts from www.1sttoyotaparts.com.
Toyota strut mount is like $80 from www.1sttoyotaparts.com.
Toyota strut mount is like $80 from www.1sttoyotaparts.com.
NemesisGT-2
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daveryan":ntsxar4i said:I can confirm that worn struts/mounts do cause clunking. I just got new OEM rears, strut mounts and stabilizer bar bushings and my clunk has finally disappeared. Now the only sound my car makes is the rattling change in the ashtray! My old struts were leaking and the boots had disintigrated - prob 15 years old.
Do you know which was the cause of the clunking (the strut, mount, or the bushings)? I have the same problem and it is getting worse quickly. For some reason I cannot get the rear to clunk by simply pushing on it, I have to be driving over small bumps. It almost seems like it only happens when the struts are extended like when going over a pothole. If it is most likely the mounts/bushings I will just replace those, but if the struts are bad themselves, I'm going to start saving more quickly for the Tein setup.
yeah thanks for the info on those, might have to order some.
yeah that is the same as with me...one guy says strut mounts, another says struts...For some reason I cannot get the rear to clunk by simply pushing on it, I have to be driving over small bumps
Alltracgt4Knight
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$ 10 says it is the sway bar link - i had that problem alot- now if i can only get these daing Koni replaced.... get soem new ones rears to actually work -
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POS !!!!
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POS !!!!
Do you know which was the cause of the clunking (the strut, mount, or the bushings)? I have the same problem...
Sorry, it would have been more helpful to replace the parts one at a time, but not economical. I'm thinking it was the strut/mount more than the bushings. My sway bushes were only slightly cracked and I couldn't move the bar or recreate the clunking by tugging at it. The OEM bushes were only about $12 for all 4 front and rear, so I couldn't resist slapping new ones on - the clunking had to stop. Note - I did not install new sway links.
BTW, the noise I had was a fairly deep sound with a spring like duration - where I'd hit one small bump at low speed and would get a clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk - from just one bump. Who knows? It could have been the bushes, but my struts were BLOWN! So besides no more clunking, I now have better handling, braking and no more bobble head action on the HWY.