cool_rolla Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Hi Guys, I'm having trouble with my ae92. Everytime I hit the road potholes or ditch road I heard clunking noise and I feel it was came under the steering wheel. I'm not sure if its the U joint or whatever.. Please help me guys where can I found the root cause. :( Best regards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Take a look at what is involved in the suspension & steering, then Google images for similar ones. Look for swiveling joints and moving parts. On a KE70 there is the steering rack, which has a bush at one end. The rack an bush wears out. The rack is connected to the steering arms by 'rack ends', spherical bushes that wear out. The other end of each rack end goes to the balljoint on the steering arms under the strut, and those balljoints wear out. The steering arm is connected to the lower control arm (LCA) by a spherical joint, and they wear out, and finally the strut itself rides up and down on a bush around the shock shaft, that wears out and the shaft gets bent. All the above cause clunks when riding over bumps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Here- These guys have diagrams of everything on your car. You can see some of the joints I was referring to here, although you have an L-shaped LCA rather than the KE70 straight one. Take a look through the steering and suspension pictures. Jack up one wheel and see if you can make the noise turning the steering wheel back and forth. If not, try the other wheel. Bounce on the guards lightly and jam a big screwdriver in the joints and lever them around... The moment you can make the noise another person can lie under the car and find it for you. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool_rolla Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Hi @altezzaclub, First of all, thank you for the awesome reply! Ill head to the garage and check everything base on your comments :D. Best regards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyl Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) jack up the body...not the suspension. let it hang, lift and drop each wheel by hand. pull and push at the base of each. at 5 and 7 o'clock position. rock the 12 and 6 position on each wheel. shake/wiggle the 3 and 9 o'clock position. look for trapped rocks that can get stuck. broken stabilizer bar links. rack ends loose, sometimes found by the front end man on the turnplate of his alignment machine before he sets the toe-in, because he can freely wiggle them at ride height. the looseness conducts the clunk up the steering column to the driver so it radiates or transfers. you can put a hold on the steering gear (rack) input and isolate the steering shaft then turn the wheel back and forth gently to check it. (no jack under the control arm should ever be used on this suspension type) (the control arm ball joint can be destroyed by focusing the cars weight there) Edited April 30, 2014 by dannyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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