Strut noise?

Post by **Pauloil** » 01 Jan 2013, 13:17

swaybar bushing can make noise

anmartin44 · Post by **anmartin44** » 01 Jan 2013, 13:50

Another thought, you never mentioned anything about changing the ball joints/control arms. bad ball joints clunk.

Jot · Post by **Jot** » 01 Jan 2013, 18:32

My 2000 S70 GLT SE had the same noise on bumps . It was the lower A frame . Lift the front end and check for play in the wheel.

Post by **hansenjg** » 02 Jan 2013, 09:08

Thanks for all the good ideas. I did put the cross nuts back on and I think they bottomed out, but that's one of the things I'll check when I take the struts out again. I have never changed ball joints or control arms on this vehicle. It may be that the ball joint is popping at the same frequency as the top of the strut because it would be moving at the same time.

Lower A Frame? Is that what has the lower ball joint on it? And is that a job I can do myself. I've done it on my explorer, but not on this Volvo.

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 02 Jan 2013, 10:48

hansenjg wrote:Thanks for all the good ideas. I did put the cross nuts back on and I think they bottomed out, but that's one of the things I'll check when I take the struts out again. I have never changed ball joints or control arms on this vehicle. It may be that the ball joint is popping at the same frequency as the top of the strut because it would be moving at the same time.

Lower A Frame? Is that what has the lower ball joint on it? And is that a job I can do myself. I've done it on my explorer, but not on this Volvo.

The lower control arm and the A arm are the same thing. Replacing a control arm / ball joint fairly easy on a Volvo, likely easier than on the Explorer. If yours is bad just be sure to get good parts or you will be doing the job all over again in six months. You can't go wrong with OEM and Lemforder is the OEM supplier. There is so much counterfeiting of car parts right now that I am to the point where I don't believe anything is real unless it came from a dealer or through a dealer's website and it comes out of the blue box.

...Lee

anmartin44 · Post by **anmartin44** » 12 Jan 2013, 20:43

any news on this?

Post by **hansenjg** » 13 Jan 2013, 12:52

Resolved! Here's my embarrassing story. After changing the struts the noise was still there. After changing the sway bar links, still there. I was sure it was the struts and thought maybe I had done something wrong upon assembly. So today I took the struts out again and looked them over. Both sides had the spring not seating perfectly in the upper spring retainer. The bitter end of the spring was not tight up against the notch that it seats against. I was extra careful to ensure the springs seated well on the upper and lower retainers and gently released the spring tension so as not to cause them to move. Test drive results in the no more clunking. So it was my poor mechanical ability on the first strut job. Good news is now I have two new struts and two new sway bar links. The links I took out were very sloppy so they really needed to be done. The only two things left to do now are the rear shocks and get an alignment. Thanks for everyone's help on this. I can't do this stuff without this forum!

anmartin44 · Post by **anmartin44** » 13 Jan 2013, 14:21

glad to hear you got it figured out!

bugleg · Post by **bugleg** » 13 Jan 2013, 14:35

Interesting...how far were the springs from the correct position on the seat? I'm trying to track down a strange binding/popping/clunking from my renewed front end and this sounds like a possible cause.

woodchopper · Post by **woodchopper** » 13 Jan 2013, 16:16

I really appreciate these posts gentlemen. I am trying to diagnose various rattles and clunks from the passenger front side on a 98 V70 and this gives me some things to check out. One thing I have discovered is the outer tie rod end can be rotated back and forth to the degree it can swivel on the tie rod joint, that is the bar turns inside the rubber piece and I was wondering if that is a possible cause of noise.

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