Here is an out of the box idea. If it only happens when it dives (ie. on the brakes) could it be pads installed incorrectly allowing movement or a motor mount?
Where is this front end clunk coming from??
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After it makes some pops it won’t repeat itself. I can goose the throttle, dog the brakes, whip it right and left and nothing! Seems like it happens when the vehicle sits or something. Jack it up and shake everything down and no play in anything. It would be nice to have some knock sensors mounted to each suspension piece that you can datalog each knock or sound. Seems insane in this day and age mechanic shops can’t perform that service to diagnose
Exactly this.
This is what makes me think it's a bushing or something binding up and getting stiff and then it breaks loose and settles down again once you get some movement. It ONLY happens after I've parked overnight or a few days and pull out of my parking spot.
I have experienced a similar situation where the brake pad/pins am were shifting under only certain conditions (not braking) but it was a lighter sound vs a ball joint clunk in my opinion. The behavior of the sound seems awfully similar to brake pins.
This sounds like a likely culprit. There's a dry bushing that friction seats itself and finally pops loose when bound up.
Were you ever able to figure it out? Mine is doing the same thing. New lift OME, new upper and lower control arms, new oem cv shafts. Just does it under low speed. Can not make it do it over 40, even swaying back and forth. Can't really mess with it tell next week. Please let me know what you found. Thanks.
Sounds like the brake pads shifting back and forth. Check and see if the shims are missing
Hi Dan : did you ever solve the problem?
Hello : I have solved the problem. It was due to a golf balls rolling around under both the drivers and passenger seat. They were trapped in the space by the floor mats, and would bang off the metal under the seat, causing a very distinctive noise, that would appear to move all around the vehicle. Embarrassed of course, but if you ever heard it, you might be sympathetic !!!
So the moral of the story is….if you hear banging, check where your balls are?
This guy/girl with their lose balls lol
Anyone figured out what this clunk is? 04 270k with the same clunk.
Anyone figured out what this clunk is? 04 270k with the same clunk.
Clunks I've had were 1) driveshaft slip yolks (greasing took care of the front, but the rear ended up getting replaced - it had a flat-out metallic clunk that sounded like a transfer case problem), 2) steering rack bolts that backed off some time after I replaced the rack, and 3) brake pads rattling due to lacking the anti-rattle clips. Ball joints of sway bar end links would need to be pretty bad on a GX to clunk, but you should be able to jack up the rig and check those easily for wear with a pry bar.
9 times out of 10 it's your driveshaft slip yolks that are clunking. A new rear driveshaft is about $300 from a Lexus or Toyota dealer and has an updated design. You should also be greasing both the front and rear slip yolks and U-joints (6 total grease points) at every oil change, with just 3-4 pumps of grease. Over-greasing will also cause the slip yolks to clunk as the shaft will bottom out on a big plug of grease when it slips far enough inward.
9 times out of 10 it's your driveshaft slip yolks that are clunking. A new rear driveshaft is about $300 from a Lexus or Toyota dealer and has an updated design. You should also be greasing both the front and rear slip yolks and U-joints (6 total grease points) at every oil change, with just 3-4 pumps of grease. Over-greasing will also cause the slip yolks to clunk as the shaft will bottom out on a big plug of grease when it slips far enough inward.
What Grease you Using? Red Axle Grease (Mobil 1 or Red & Tacky)?
I did mine recently and there were way more Zirks than I expected.
I had a Noise Up front and it was the Sway bar Bushings were Quite a Bit Larger than the Sway Bar.
Energy Systems Greaseable from Rock Auto Fixed that.
Easy Replacement, but Bolts were Shot too.
Energy Systems Greaseable from Rock Auto Fixed that.
Easy Replacement, but Bolts were Shot too.
Lucas Red 'n Tacky. I use it in my GX (driveshafts and ball joints), wheel bearings on both of my trailers, and everywhere on my tractor (loader cylinder bushings, front axle pivot bushings, PTO shafts, and 3 point hitch bushings). It's good stuff.
