Clunking/clacking on front suspension of C4 -PROBLEM SOLVED

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11-30-2012, 08:11 PM

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perryinva

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Originally Posted by OGWGFIW

NOW I see from looking closer at Doug's photos, there is no way you could see this type of damage with the size of that concave washer under the nut.

Anyway, The noise is driving me nuts. I assume there is no way I can verify the condition of that mount without complete removal?

That is correct. The concave washers hold the strut rod to the rubber enough to keep it from pulling through (good thing!), but blocks any real visual inspection. Mine were fine, had a similar clunk/clack,b ut replacing both sets of TREs fixed that on my '02 C2 with 48k miles.