norcali707

Hi everyone I have a 2001 civic lx sedan and I have this cracking noise coming from the whole suspention... Each time I drive over a speed bump, I heard a loud crank sound from the front and rear wheels. I have replace the struts and some bushes but still got the noise... I have looked all under the car looking for loose bolts or bad parts but cant see nothing.... those anyone else have this problem with they civic?

lazlong

Did you replace the bushing on top of the strut assembles when you replaced the struts? I found out the hard way and had to replace both fronts again. Also check motor mounts, all the bushings, and swaybar bushings and endlinks- if you have 'em.

norcali707

I did replace those bushing.. I just put in a rebuilt tranny and I replace the front motor mount... All the bushings do kinda look old, is it hard to replaces them?

It Wasn't Me

Control arm bushings? Not hard to replace if you have a press. Not really worth the price of having a shop do it, but you can at least check around. It might be cheaper to just buy new control arms vs. buying the bushings and having them replaced by someone else.

Sway bar bushings? Piece of cake to replace.

norcali707

this is normal for this part to be this loose....

norcali707

after replacing the sway bar links, I still have the cracking sound on my civic... It is driving me nuts!!!!!!!!