1998 Chevy Malibu makes a clunk when I go over larger bumps.
Oliver’s question:
” My 1998 Chevy Malibu makes a clunk when I go over larger bumps. A shop changed out the strut mounts, the torsion bar bushings, and the front struts. But the clunk is still there. I took it back and they said nothing was loose now. Have you ever seen this before?”
Answer:
Well, as a matter of fact, I was stung by this very same problem last year. It turned out that the outer tie rods were making the clunking noise–even though they had no play in them when pulled on, and physically looked perfectly OK. It’s a rare one, but it happenned to a Malibu I was working on, and it took me a while to figure that out. As tie rod ends are pretty inexpensive, you might try that next.
