Hello all!
A few pertinent details -- '14 CX-5 Sport with 6sp MT.
It just rolled over 100k miles. Everything has been pretty rock solid. There has been a clunk on the right front for a little while now after my wife ran over something at speed way back when. This clunk happens when driving over uneven surfaces and making hard rights over bumps, ie. pulling into our driveway. There was no play in the wheel when I had it off the ground, so I ruled out ball joints. I did, however, choose to change out the shocks and struts when KYB finally released their strut assemblies. This actually seemed to exacerbate the clunk, so I ended up replacing the LCA, inner and outer tie rods, and sway bar end link. There was a tear in the LCA bushing that was probably contributing to it, and the outer tie rod had a huge tear in the boot.
Although there are a host of things that are better due to the replacement of said components, including a reduction in the amount of clunking, it still happens from time to time now. I felt the sway bar bushing, and it seems intact. I ordered a Moog bushing anyhow, and it should be here soon. Should that not fix it, what else could it possibly be? The passenger side motor mount looks good, and it doesn't making any noise going in reverse and/or shifting into first. Any thoughts? At a loss here, and this is really annoying.
A couple other things to note: Sometimes it makes the pop/clunk when I'm slowly lifting the vehicle on a jack on the affected side. Also, when my wife is driving and I'm in the passenger seat, I can slightly feel it in the floorboard. I did think that it may possibly be the strut mount as some vehicles have strut mounts that need to be oriented in a specific direction when being bolted onto the chassis. I removed the passenger strut, and there were no arrows on the KYB mounts, so I ruled that out
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
A few pertinent details -- '14 CX-5 Sport with 6sp MT.
It just rolled over 100k miles. Everything has been pretty rock solid. There has been a clunk on the right front for a little while now after my wife ran over something at speed way back when. This clunk happens when driving over uneven surfaces and making hard rights over bumps, ie. pulling into our driveway. There was no play in the wheel when I had it off the ground, so I ruled out ball joints. I did, however, choose to change out the shocks and struts when KYB finally released their strut assemblies. This actually seemed to exacerbate the clunk, so I ended up replacing the LCA, inner and outer tie rods, and sway bar end link. There was a tear in the LCA bushing that was probably contributing to it, and the outer tie rod had a huge tear in the boot.
Although there are a host of things that are better due to the replacement of said components, including a reduction in the amount of clunking, it still happens from time to time now. I felt the sway bar bushing, and it seems intact. I ordered a Moog bushing anyhow, and it should be here soon. Should that not fix it, what else could it possibly be? The passenger side motor mount looks good, and it doesn't making any noise going in reverse and/or shifting into first. Any thoughts? At a loss here, and this is really annoying.
A couple other things to note: Sometimes it makes the pop/clunk when I'm slowly lifting the vehicle on a jack on the affected side. Also, when my wife is driving and I'm in the passenger seat, I can slightly feel it in the floorboard. I did think that it may possibly be the strut mount as some vehicles have strut mounts that need to be oriented in a specific direction when being bolted onto the chassis. I removed the passenger strut, and there were no arrows on the KYB mounts, so I ruled that out
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
