I might jack the rear up today and try this. Clunking only occurs in cold weather, rear drivers side. I replaced sway bar link by myself, but after that effort, didn't help. Maybe some lubricant around the bushings might do the trick? Where exactly did you spray the WD-40???Sasha-CR wrote:The clunks are completely gone now. I did the work myself. Total cost was about 7.00 dollars and a few good sprays of WD-40.
About a year ago when I bought tires at discount tire store, they didn't do alignments. I took it to a supposedly reputable shop they worked with for front end and back end alignments. I told the shop that while they were at it if they could investigate the clunking. Thinking that they could at least tell me the issue or even repair it if it's something simple such as a loose shock nut or a sway link.
THE RESULT: The only thing I got out of that effort was for the "mechanics" to tell me that they couldn't align the rear because bolts were seized, but they were able to perform a front end alignment. They also couldn't figure out where the "clunk" was coming from, but charged me $55 for the time they took to investigate it. Fair enough for the time, but they had no answer and told me that could replace some of the suspension parts in the rear and would actually follow up with me later by phone to give me an estimate on parts and labor to "fix" my clunking issue. So I get the kizashi back and drive it home from the shop only to notice that the steering wheel was a little cockeyed. Gee, what a quality job just to perform a front end alignment. So I immediately took it back and made them correct it.
A day later, I get a voicemail from some mechanic guy at the shop. I think their approach was basically to replace everything in the rear suspension, of which he wasn't too clear about anyhow. Quoted $2,400 to replace parts to solve the clunking issue and that suzuki parts are hard to find and they need to 'special order' them.
Ya know, if anything, since they couldn't pinpoint the issue, which is understandable because noise symptoms can be impossible sometimes to diagnose, they could have just said "While we had your car up on the lift for the alignment, we took a minute and sprayed some lubricant in various areas of your rear suspension, that might or might not make it better". But that's why I don't like auto repair shops, always feel like I'm being lied to and ripped off, so I try to do my own work when possible.
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