front right side suspension rattling

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Dec 23, 2008 | 01:09 PM

asadq

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front right side suspension rattling

[:@]today the left side developed a rattle
when you press down on the left side of the car, it rattles

suspension related but any clues to what?[:@]

Thanks

Dec 23, 2008 | 01:15 PM

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RE: front right side suspension rattling

Could be spring seat,strut,sway bar end link.

Dec 23, 2008 | 10:42 PM

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RE: front right side suspension rattling

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Could be spring seat,strut,sway bar end link.

Should be pretty easy to figure out which one too. Just disconnect one (either) end of the sway bar link and see if there is play in the link ends. You can probably even do it with the tire on, but I would jack it up and remove the wheel. I did find there was a bit of pre-load on the sway bar, that was easily released with a jack.... if you find no real play in the sway bar end link then the spring mount is probably bad.

I just changed most of the front suspension parts on my car, the spring seats were the most worn. I was able to grab the large nuts on top of the struts and move them slightly... Hopefully yours are not this worn (yet), but you might check that before you even check the end link.

Good luck,