Well my Clunk was a broken link from the sway bar to the suspension. I found it by having 2 friends rocking the van back and forth and listening for the clunk, When the van just sits there the link just lined up to where it belonged but when you rocked the van you could watch it lift off where it connected and come back down to the suspension. got a replacement installed and done. Hopefully it is that easy for you. C-ya Jonce >Hi all. >So.... >A while back, I kept hearing an intermittent hard "clunk" when >returning steering from hard right. Replaced upper BJ's. (driver side >had a torn boot). Lubed steering rack. Noise seemed to go away. >Replaced all rubber steering couplers. (cracks visible) >Then.... >The other day, I heard a "clunk" while parallel parking. Saw my >mechanic. He listened. Said it might be coming from the relay box. I >listened at home. I heard it coming from same area. Sound happened >when turning steering wheel quickly back from just R or L of center. >Clunk not as loud as original. No play in steering. >I checked coupler fasteners on relay box. One bolt/nut needed >**slight** snugging up. >Tightened it. >Clunk seems to have gone away. >Could the clunk noise be due to 1 **slightly** undertightened bolt/nut >on a coupler? >(I used new proper copper nuts) >This clunk was hard to track down, so really appreciate any input. >Thanks! >Neil. >-- >Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta "Jaco >http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines >http://web.mac.com/tubaneil >http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
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