Hey y'all,
I have an interesting situation. Our 2016 Mustang with 63,500 miles on it, has an obnoxious clunk from the front passenger side. It more or less sounds like a knocking sounds and you can actually feel it in the floor near the wheel when driving. Suspensions are something I am not very diverse in.
Are sway bar end links on Fords or the Mustang supposed to be this loose?
Am I looking in the wrong place?
Let me know!
From Orange Park, Florida.
Yeah it should not have that much play. Common for them to go out as Ford uses cheap parts.
Take a look at the Steeda sway bar end links. Much beefier and adjustable.
Thank you! I am sharing the video of the clunk itself.
https://youtube.com/shorts/3ZKkkdnJqko?feature=share
That sway bar link probably shouldn't move like that when you twist it. Check the driver's side out and see if it twists. That'd give you a good idea. I'd check my 2017 Mustang, but I don't have it around at the moment. Haha. Have someone sit in the car and see if you twisting it makes the noise. The strut tower mounts will clunk when they wear out and you hit bumps, but I would hope those aren't worn out after just 5 years.
Omg why didn’t I think of that, hahaha. I’ll try it! I hope it’s the sway bar links and not a strut, I can’t exactly tell what it is. I’m going to record a new video for the sound itself soon.
Are you on a bumpy road there? I hear the knocking sound. Did you hit a pothole or curb with that wheel?
Nope, just small bumps in the road. Every time you go over slightly rough roads that knocking sound occurs.
Recently, I replaced the front swaybar links on my '07 Lexus ES350. It would make the most noticable clunky noise going over small lumps in the road even at 20mph. It is only work I've done by myself to this front suspension because it doesn't require alignment afterwards. Looking at your existing link, there is no adjustment to it and shouldn't be any adjustment on the new one. The most time I spent on the project was getting the nut off the rusty/corroded threads. Vise grips & WD40 came in handy on one side, the other side didn't give me as much trouble using WD40 and a hex wrench in the middle to keep the joint threads from spinning with the nut. If your new links have grease zirks on each end, grease them before installing them. There won't be much clearance to fit a grease gun to those after they're put in.
Nope, just small bumps in the road. Every time you go over slightly rough roads that knocking sound occurs.
Turned out to be the control arm.