got 56k on my 97 and the front driver side makes a bobble rattle noise on roads with slight bumps. i replaced front struts ball joints end links and it went away for a day or two. curious if anyone else experienced this. wonder what it is?
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Ishodu
SHO Member
It could be the upper strut mount. How is the front end? Does it bounce when you push up and down on that corner of the car?
Ishodu
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Can you tell if the noise is down low or up high?
MilTownSHO
SHO Member
With the car on, since your car has SARC suspension. With the car off it will be in full hard mode. I assume you replaced the front struts with factory when I say this.Ishodu said:
yes
factory struts. new. and i can fel it in the floor pan front end of drivers side. when i ride in passenger seat i cant hear or feel it.. i have had 3 friends who work at ford dealerships look at it and say everything is tight....
factory struts. new. and i can fel it in the floor pan front end of drivers side. when i ride in passenger seat i cant hear or feel it.. i have had 3 friends who work at ford dealerships look at it and say everything is tight....
ncfirefighter
New Member
well i am going to shoot out something wild here as a guess. could it be the urthane bushing are dry ???
stephen newberg
SHO Member
Front sub-frame mounts? These can produce an interesting sound when they start to go. You likely repositioned them a bit when you replaced the ball joints and end links, just by wrenching things around, and that might have quieted them down for a few days?
Front end noises are the most difficult of things to find, at times.
pax, smn
Front end noises are the most difficult of things to find, at times.
pax, smn
stephen newberg
SHO Member
If that is the problem, new sub frame mounts. They are a hard rubber of some sort with a metal core, IIRC. I replaced mine with solid aluminium ones some time ago now, and do not expect them to wear a great deal any more.
pax, smn
pax, smn
crixtopher
New Member
I must say I am kind of tired of dealing with my front suspension probs. I have also replaced ball joints, sway bar links, sf bushings, struts and mounts, and I still get the occasional clunk or clank. most things are tight at the moment so I am just living with it. and yeah I hear it / feel it in the floorboard too, atleast now its only ever so slightly 
called the dealer on the sub-frame bushings....
wanted to know upper or lower , i said lower...
is there anywhere I can get a how to change these out manual...
does the chilton or hayes manual help
does anyone know of any posts or links that have this information
wanted to know upper or lower , i said lower...
is there anywhere I can get a how to change these out manual...
does the chilton or hayes manual help
does anyone know of any posts or links that have this information
It is pretty straight forward. The rears are the easiest with just one bolt. The fronts have the main bolt and 4 smaller ones. I would either get solid aluminum ones or the rear bushings for all four corners.
Support the sub frame with a jack and then remove the bolts. Then slowly let the sub frame down until you can remove the bushings.
Support the sub frame with a jack and then remove the bolts. Then slowly let the sub frame down until you can remove the bushings.
racr16 said:
If that is a question, yes with some slight modification. The rear mounts are a much better design. There are only some rubber tabs that need ground off to make them work in the front.
F6DZ-5400396-AA Upper Half
YF1Z-5400155-A Lower half
Might as well get new bolts too. N804442-S426
Mr. SHO
New Member
They actually fit as-is, no modification needed. I much prefer the rears at all four corners versus the solid aluminum bushings.
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