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Old 08-08-2010, 10:31 PM
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I can feel a clunk every time my vehicle makes sudden movements, like turning or accelerating. I feel it in the floorboards and you can hear it but it isn't exceptionally loud. If I had to describe it, it kind of feels like a bad bushing or something. I don't feel any play in the tie rods, where should I start looking?

Edit: The vehicle is a '91 XJ limited, and has been sitting around a while before I bought the vehicle
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If it sounds like a bushing, it very well may be a bushing. Check all of your suspension parts, front and rear. Does this happen when you hit bumps too or is it just when you accelerate and turn?
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Yes, it happens over bumps but not over every bump. Kind of strange. I'll start checking suspension parts this week I was just wondering which suspension parts would most likely cause this. My shocks and springs are good, so I'm not sure.
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I would just check anything and everything that has a rubber bushing in it.
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