Low miles, Strut mount clunk?
03-17-17, 10:20 AM
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Low miles, Strut mount clunk?
Background: So I have a 2000 Platinum with 85k miles on it. I bought it used from a dealer that said it had one owner and I confirmed that with the dealership records on the car. It was in mostly great shape. I have fixed most of the issues with the car and am moving on to a noise from the front suspension and a sagging in the front.
Now to the details. The front end makes a clunking noise going over any bumps. It is not loud at all, just feels like something is loose. It rides mostly great minus a little softness over bumps at highway speed. I think it floats a bit too much and rolls a bit too much when taking a curve on the highway. Lastly, I feel that the front end sags a little bit. With two people in front the I bottom out on this one speed bump that is a tiny bit larger than the others. It do not bottom out with one person in the car.
Now to my planned fixes. I will be replacing the front struts with KYB GR2 and also replacing the front springs for sure.
Question: What springs should I get for the front to tighten up the travel and maybe reduce the sagging? How can I be sure the clunk is from the front strut mounts and not from links? Why do people recommend the oem strut mounts over any other mount?
Now to the details. The front end makes a clunking noise going over any bumps. It is not loud at all, just feels like something is loose. It rides mostly great minus a little softness over bumps at highway speed. I think it floats a bit too much and rolls a bit too much when taking a curve on the highway. Lastly, I feel that the front end sags a little bit. With two people in front the I bottom out on this one speed bump that is a tiny bit larger than the others. It do not bottom out with one person in the car.
Now to my planned fixes. I will be replacing the front struts with KYB GR2 and also replacing the front springs for sure.
Question: What springs should I get for the front to tighten up the travel and maybe reduce the sagging? How can I be sure the clunk is from the front strut mounts and not from links? Why do people recommend the oem strut mounts over any other mount?
03-18-17, 12:22 AM
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Background: So I have a 2000 Platinum with 85k miles on it. I bought it used from a dealer that said it had one owner and I confirmed that with the dealership records on the car. It was in mostly great shape. I have fixed most of the issues with the car and am moving on to a noise from the front suspension and a sagging in the front.
Now to the details. The front end makes a clunking noise going over any bumps. It is not loud at all, just feels like something is loose. It rides mostly great minus a little softness over bumps at highway speed. I think it floats a bit too much and rolls a bit too much when taking a curve on the highway. Lastly, I feel that the front end sags a little bit. With two people in front the I bottom out on this one speed bump that is a tiny bit larger than the others. It do not bottom out with one person in the car.
Now to my planned fixes. I will be replacing the front struts with KYB GR2 and also replacing the front springs for sure.
Question: What springs should I get for the front to tighten up the travel and maybe reduce the sagging? How can I be sure the clunk is from the front strut mounts and not from links? Why do people recommend the oem strut mounts over any other mount?
Now to the details. The front end makes a clunking noise going over any bumps. It is not loud at all, just feels like something is loose. It rides mostly great minus a little softness over bumps at highway speed. I think it floats a bit too much and rolls a bit too much when taking a curve on the highway. Lastly, I feel that the front end sags a little bit. With two people in front the I bottom out on this one speed bump that is a tiny bit larger than the others. It do not bottom out with one person in the car.
Now to my planned fixes. I will be replacing the front struts with KYB GR2 and also replacing the front springs for sure.
Question: What springs should I get for the front to tighten up the travel and maybe reduce the sagging? How can I be sure the clunk is from the front strut mounts and not from links? Why do people recommend the oem strut mounts over any other mount?
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/10...-rattling.html
...that thread may be helpful to you, there are tons like it on TN.
You can take the sway bar endlinks off and check for play, or if they flop around too much. If I see a broken boot, I replace them. Just replaced them on my uncle's '95 Camry 5S-FE, and it's quiet and smooth now (also corners better). What I took off had about a millimeter of play in the ball joints.
03-18-17, 04:28 PM
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This worked for many and my es300 with 140k
I have battled with rattle and this worked I first sprayed penetrating oil the followed up with white lithium grease in spray can with spray tube
http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/topic/35502-how-i-fixed-the-famous-rattling-sound-from-the-front/
http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/topic/35502-how-i-fixed-the-famous-rattling-sound-from-the-front/
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