The first time I changed the shocks on my 84 I did the shocks up with the suspension at full droop, and I noticed a 'clonking' sound when the shocks reached their full extension after a big bump. I had the same thing on the passenger side last time I changed shocks on my 86. The fix was to re-centre the top bushing and to tighten it with the wheel on the ground. The top mount isn't really a fixed point, and I had to 'find' the true centre those times.

You may have something else going on, but if you have recently changed your shocks, it might be the same as my experience.

Good luck,

On 3/16/06, Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago.edu> wrote: > > Jake, can you elaborate a little on what you mean? I did do the > retighten the nut with the car on the ground, but it didn't help. Is > this what you mean? > -Wes > > > Jake de Villiers wrote: > > I have had a noise like that. It was caused by the shock hitting the > > inside of it's housing. The top needs to be done up when loaded to > > ensure proper centering. It worked for me! > > > > On 3/16/06, *Wesley Pegden* <wes@cs.uchicago.edu > > <mailto:wes@cs.uchicago.edu>> wrote: > > > > I've been trying to diagnose a popping noise that happens when going > > over big bumps, that seems to be coming from the front of the van, > > maybe > > from the passenger side. I went under the front today (again), and > > notice that I can wiggle the stabilizer bar back and forth just > > slight. > > Is this normal? Also, I noticed that while the end of the > stabilizer > > bar is flush with the stabilizer link bushing on the driver side, it > > sticks through the bushing a good 3/4 of an inch on the passenger > > side. > > Is this normal? Could this be related to my problem? > > > > Thanks, > > Wes > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL > > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > > www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com> > >

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