[Shotimes] Replaced much of front end... still get **CRUNCH**

[sho @ crued.net]

Can the bushings be gotten at autozone?  If/where I get new bushings, will
new bolts come with it? or will i need to get bolts somewhere else, and if
so, what are the specs on the bolts.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: van Oss [mailto:vanOss@centurytel.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:13 PM
> To: sho @ crued.net; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Replaced much of front end... still get
> **CRUNCH**
>
>
> I concur on checking the subframe bushings.
>
> A local pal with an 89 SHO was having starting problems.  Turns
> out the DIS
> was cracked by impact with the roll damper.  I know, you're thinking, how
> could that happen?  The DIS is not that close to the damper.
> When we parked
> my 91 next to it, we noticed that his engine sat significantly lower than
> mine.  I'm embarrassed that it took us 20 minutes to figure it out.  His
> subframe bolts were shot (recall had not been done) and worse than that,
> they had backed out over an inch.  That car was a disaster waiting to
> happen.  It's lucky his DIS kept it off the road.  As it turned out, the
> local Ford dealer not only did the recall without question, but they also
> replaced the DIS free.  Wow.
>
> Joseph van Oss
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> I've replaced just about every suspension component there is and
> when I take
> hard turns (made worse over bumps), I still get this loud *CRUNCH* noise.
> Here's what I have replaced
>
> Front Struts and Strut bearings
> Lower control arms (with ball joints)
> Both halfshafts
> both tierod ends
>
> I have no idea where to look next.