Car: 1995 civic dx hatchback b18c1 swap, gsr breaks all around, ground control coil overs eibach springs lowered of course.

Problem: when I am driving and apply the breaks there is a thunk in the front of the car. The thunk also happens when i turn the wheel all the way to the left. It also happens when when i accelerate from a complete stop.

I've tried: front drivers side wheel bearing was replaced. Checked motor mounts. checked suspension and all looks good.

the car drives fine pulls fine stops fine turns fine (except the thunk) Could it be the ball joints going bad? The car has pretty bad negative camber from being lowered....could this be the problem?

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

grab ur wheel with both hands from the top and shake. see if anythings loose. i have a feeling its the driver side upper control arm ball joint.thats what my car does and im replacing it monday.

 

Well Its possible that the CV joints are bad another is the Ball joints, but I had a similar sound on my car and i found out one of my brake caliper bolts had backed it self out do to a failure probably on my part to tighten it down so my caliper was flopping... THATS dangerous ****! haha . but i would check your caliper bolts make sure they are tight. Then while you have wheel off i would pull the spindle off and check the ball joints by wigglig them with your finger.. if you can and it moves very easy and flops then i would say it is the ball joint but if all of them seem tight then move to the possibility of your CV joints being bad but it sound like either Brake caliper bolts or the ball joints, Also make sure the spindle and is well connected to the control arms and theres no play in it Right away you can tell probably even with out taking the spindle off if the ball joint is bad by grabbing it and shaking it if you hear that it makes sounds then you have your solution> hope this helps!

 

I dont know, but my 94 civic broke passenger ball joint. seperated the cv on axle. I replaced axle and had clunking. Sure enough, I had to also replace driver side axle. Now when I move from stop in 1st gear the cv's clunk but only when I throddle and or turn. Cant figure out whats wrong.

 

http://www.skunk2.com/suspension-2.php?code=FCKPROPLUS

what do you all think about these any first hand experiance? Been thinking about gettig these for a while but I've heard they slip and make handeling bad?


Thank you guys for the help I did check the bolts on calipers everything is good there I'm really leaning toward the ball joints.