Lower control arm bushing.

[chrger1967]

When driving my Charger I’m getting all kinds of clunking and bumping when I apply the brakes and hitting bumps. The sway bar bushings are done, but would the make all that nose?. The steering components are new and tight. I was thinking lower control arms, but I tried to make them move with a crow bar and they won’t move. Let me know if you guys need better pics.

 

[ckessel]

The bushings don't look mushroomed. May not be a bad idea to r&r as a just because. The strut rod bushings will give you clunking noises as will the shocks. Shocks could have bad bushings and/or be loose. If you elect to replace the lower arm bushings, do the struts too as you have to undo them to get the arms out. While the arms are out, have a good look at the welded in sleeves, for the lower arm shafts, in the K. Look for broken welds, damaged sleeves etc. Judging by your photos, rust may be giving you issues too. If so, possible replacement time for affected components.

 

[Doorkicker]

check the strut bushing at the front.

 

[pnora]

Loose lower shock bolts.

 

[chrger1967]

The bushings don't look mushroomed. May not be a bad idea to r&r as a just because. The strut rod bushings will give you clunking noises as will the shocks. Shocks could have bad bushings and/or be loose. If you elect to replace the lower arm bushings, do the struts too as you have to undo them to get the arms out. While the arms are out, have a good look at the welded in sleeves, for the lower arm shafts, in the K. Look for broken welds, damaged sleeves etc. Judging by your photos, rust may be giving you issues too. If so, possible replacement time for affected components.

Yea, the cars hasn’t been registered since 1984, so it’s been sitting for years. I ordered the LCA, strut rod and sway bar bushings. The sway bar bushings are shot, that’s for sure.

Loose lower shock bolts.

i looked into that. The driver side was slightly loose. Looks they maybe someone didn’t want to remove the end link to tighten it. It was only a couple of turns out though.

 

[ckessel]

Also, check your front wheel bearings. Had that once on my 94 truck.

 

[Sam69sat]

Jack it up under the k frame and pry up under the tires with a large bar. Listen for noise.

 

[chrger1967]

Ok, I found the issue. The prior owner had installed a 4 wheel disc brake kit and did nothing right. I checked everything today including the calipers. I grabbed the calipers from around the tire and tried to move them around. Sure as ****, both calipers were loose. Both caliper mount brackets were loose. So I took everything apart and used red loctight and the bolts. I also found when I pulled the rotor off to chance a wheel lug, he put the inner wheel seal in backwards. So now my next mission is to find out why my brake pedal has travel.

 

[chrger1967]

Also, check your front wheel bearings. Had that once on my 94 truck.

Would you believe the inner seal was on backwards.

 

[ckessel]

Some people should never be allowed to work on cars. But...I've done stupid stuff too. Then I learned. Its still a learning process everyday.

 

[Doorkicker]

holy sh!t. lose calipers... if that was my car I'd be ripping the entire brake system apart and redoing everything. if the po can't tighten a bolt or get a seal right, who knows what else is about to fail and send you into a tree. peddle travel... based on what you're saying about other issues... i would guess master pushrod is not correct or out of adjustment, or more likely bad flex lines at the font and/or to the rear axle.

 

[chrger1967]

holy sh!t. lose calipers... if that was my car I'd be ripping the entire brake system apart and redoing everything. if the po can't tighten a bolt or get a seal right, who knows what else is about to fail and send you into a tree. peddle travel... based on what you're saying about other issues... i would guess master pushrod is not correct or out of adjustment, or more likely bad flex lines at the font and/or to the rear axle.

He put the caliper brackets on backwards on the rear disc brake setup. The caliper pins were rubbing against the rims. I wish I could post a video of it. I knew something wasn’t right so I contacted where I thought he bought the kit and had them send me the instructions.