clunk from front end
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Car: 84 Z-28 Camaro, 2022 2500 silverado
Engine: 383
Transmission: T-56
Axle/Gears: richmond 3.73, eaton posi
clunk from front end
My camaro has a clunk whenever I hit a bump with the pass side front It has new ball joints and new struts, any suggestions on what it is?
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Sounds like your outer brake pad is loose in the caliper....and rattling whenever it gets jolted (bumped). Try lightly applying the brakes when you go over a bump or something similiar....if the noise disappears, that's the cause of it. You can use a large pair of waterpump (aka slipjoint) pliers to tighten the 'ears' of the pad onto the caliper, or get a tube of 'Disc Brake Quiet' and apply a bit to the backside of the pad where it contacts the caliper.
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the pads aren't loose, the noise sounds deeper than that, if there's a passenger in the car they can feel it in the floor.
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From: Houston TX
Car: 84 Z-28 Camaro, 2022 2500 silverado
Engine: 383
Transmission: T-56
Axle/Gears: richmond 3.73, eaton posi
nothing stands out as loose and I have an energy suspension tranny mount(got tiard of replacing those POS rubber ones-it sounds nothing like a tranny mount)
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Car: 88 IROC convertible, 88 Sport Convertible---both RED
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Transmission: 700R4 in both
'88 vert did the same until I changed the front brakes...mine was the caliper was sticking and clunked when it "broke" free
changed the rotors, pads and calipers and problem went away
changed the rotors, pads and calipers and problem went away
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