Hello all,

I've previously posted about a clunking noise in the rear end, and got great replies for that, thank you again.... (It stopped clunking all by itself , strangely enough ).

My car is a Marea weekend 1.8 ELX, '97 and just shy of 100K.

But now I've got the most annoying clunks from the front end (out with the old, in with the new :bang: )...

It clunks over every stupid little bump I drive over, both front right and left wheels... I checked the anti-roll bar drop links, and they are not broken in 2 pieces or something, but I couldn't really check the rubbers for freeplay. (only got the fiat-supplied-flat-tire-jack).

I did read the previous posts about front ends, but I also wanted to know how I should check the freeplay, how far should I jack up the car / where to pry with my pry bar etc..

So before I order 2 droplinks from the internet (found them at 12.00 pound each! ) Should I check some other things / rubbers?

Thank you all !!

Could be the lower arms, the rubbers cannot be bought on their own.

Hellcat said:

Could be the lower arms, the rubbers cannot be bought on their own.

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Rubbers CAN be bought on their own. At least here in Sweden.
BUT... The the price for 2 rubbers is almost 80% of a complete arm.

Plus you have the work of removing the rubbers, and replacing them with the new ones, and then your ball join goes.....

Aftermarket arms are available as complete units - not too much of a struggle to fit (about 30 minutes work with practice). All you need to do is jack it up, whip the wheel off and just undo the bolts. Needs a little leverage to pull the old arm out and even more leverage to get the new one in due to a clash with the anti-rollbar.