[Shotimes] Bad FSB Endlinks?

[Josh Salaets]

> Are you sure the endlinks are tightened to spec? The shaft that goes
through
> either the swaybar or the mount on the strut is slightly smaller than the
> hole, and if it's not tightened to spec, it will do exactly what you are
> describing. Usually there is an accompanying knock sound with it. Also,
what
> about the wheel bearings and the lower ball joint? I didn't see a mention
of
> them being replaced, and they are part of the suspension. How many miles
do
> you have?

I have checked the nuts on the endlinks a couple of times, and they have
been staying tight - I basically tightened them as much as I could with a
wrench.  There is a very slight knocking sound that sometimes accompanies
the vibration, but it's not loud at all.  A nut backed off on my friend's
'93 after doing some suspension work, and you knew exactly what it was when
it started banging around!

The car has 93K on it, and the front wheel bearings are original, but feel
tight and show no obvious signs of being worn.  I thought it was pretty rare
for a front wheel bearing to fail on our SHOs, especially with less than
100K.  The other SHOs I work on have 120K+ and are running the original
wheel bearings without a problem.  Balljoints are about six months old -
replaced when I replaced the front control arms.

Thanks again for the help - I am leaning more towards the endlinks being the
culprit all of the time.

Josh Salaets
95 SHO MTX (I SHO U)
85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
Eugene, OR