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Old Nov 13, 2003 | 08:22 PM
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Well, at first I thought a rotor was warped, because whenever I would put the brakes on, the steering wheel would shake and something in the front end would make a clicking-type noise. I replaced the rotors and the pads, but the noise persists. What could this be? Worn-out struts? Some bushing or something gone? Anyone else experienced this before?
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Old Nov 13, 2003 | 09:46 PM
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It could be a number of things. Bad sway bar bushing or sway bar end links. Is the car lowerd? Get under it with a light and start looking around and pulling on things to see if anything is loose. Bad wheel bearing maybe...
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Old Nov 13, 2003 | 10:14 PM
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Does it click when your're turning or just when you brake?
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Old Nov 14, 2003 | 11:02 AM
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leechy,
Try the bounce test to see if you can isolate the noise location any better. As 420J mentioned, get underneath there and try to wiggle things...nothing should move by hand.
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Old Nov 15, 2003 | 05:47 PM
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Originally posted by e30dood
Does it click when your're turning or just when you brake?

It clicks when i hit the brakes or when i'm going over bumpy roads, i can notice it too. My car isn't lowered at all. I'll take the front wheels off sometime and check out the bushings and stuff..
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