Gx460 suspension mystery clunk

[Ohio Nori]

There are no lights or leaks, either. Everything is working fine, just rather annoying. My shop said it looked like I somehow damaged the shock itself internally. I need to find one from a crashed car, as brand new ones are quite expensive.

What type of shock are you trying to pick up?

 

[windnsea00]

What type of shock are you trying to pick up?

It would be the shock on the front sway bar for KDSS.

 

[crazyalee]

He makes slotted brackets that do alleviate some of the angle. I don't have the plates yet - but here are some pictures from when I installed them so you can compare. It's roughly a 2inch lift. I also have a slight clunk I'm trying to diagnose, but it was dead quiet when I first installed the suspension. Probably due to the few trips I had in between then and now.


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Sorry ill take better angle pic when I get chance. 5his is all I found on my phone at moment. My kdss sway mounting points look okay to me, not too extreme of angle where the bushings are stressed too much

 

[jdam]

Sorry ill take better angle pic when I get chance. 5his is all I found on my phone at moment. My kdss sway mounting points look okay to me, not too extreme of angle where the bushings are stressed too much

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Yeah that doesn't look too bad. The other spot I would check is the main sway bar mounts to the KDSS ram/bar. Make sure the rubber bushing and entire ram assembly are pushed as close to the flange that's built into the swaybar as possible. If there's a gap, loosen those bolts slightly and push them using a rubber mallet over to the flange, then retighten on flat ground while the vehicle is at ride height. That helped alleviate some of my noise.

 

[crazyalee]

Yeah that doesn't look too bad. The other spot I would check is the main sway bar mounts to the KDSS ram/bar. Make sure the rubber bushing and entire ram assembly are pushed as close to the flange that's built into the swaybar as possible. If there's a gap, loosen those bolts slightly and push them using a rubber mallet over to the flange, then retighten on flat ground while the vehicle is at ride height. That helped alleviate some of my noise.

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I couldn't get good pic of the bushings directly under kdss ram cus of skid plate but here's the side ones showing angle..