Front end pop under braking

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thecause17
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Front end pop under braking

Post by thecause17 » Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:13 pm

Guys I've had this issue with the car for a while now. I knew my control arm bushings were shot, so I originally attibuted it to that, now I'm not sure.

When coming to a stop, doesn't usually matter if it's hard braking or not, I get a pop from the front end that I can feel through the pedals. It's sort of random, it doesn't do it every time.

Like I said, originally I thought it was my control arm bushings. I replaced those, and also had a bad tie rod end, so those got replaced, as well as the ball joints while I had it apart. I also have prothane sway bar bushings/endlinks, new tokico blue struts and Eibach pro-kit. I expected the problem to go away after the LCA bushings were replaced, but it hasn't. My last idea was that maybe I didn't tighten my endlinks down enough when I installed them, so I tightened them more, but it's still there. There's not much up front that isn't new, so I'm not sure where to go with this. Anybody have any ideas?
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Post by hansken_yo » Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:47 pm

Ball joints: check
Bushings: check
Bearings?
CV joints?
maybe the brakes themselves are loose...?
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