Hello.

I drive a 2000 CR-V with 221k miles. It had a dull clunk going over bumps and potholes so I replaced the upper and lower control arms (with new ball joints), outer tie rod ends, sway bar links, and both front CV axles. The sway bar bushings looked to be in acceptable condition. Now the dull clunk is gone, but a new sharp pop has started. The noise happens when making sharp turns at low speed (ie in and out of parking spots and driveways), when coming to a full stop, and when accelerating from full stop. The noise has been getting progressively louder and more frequent. I have double checked multiple times that all nuts and bolts are tight (except maybe the sway bar links which I forgot to check last time). My theory is that I bought poor quality parts (MoveTech supreme), but I'd love to hear any opinions about the issue.

Thank you.

 

Sounds like outside CV joints have failed already.

 

Try spraying silicone spray on the end links and see if that cures the problem. If it doesn’t spray the tie rid ends, still making noise move on to the ball joints etc until you narrow down the problem.

 

Thanks you, I'll give it a try.

 

I don't think that's the issue as the popping noise is not constant like bad CV joint noises usually are, plus they have less than 4k miles. Thank you for the input though

 

Most of the time CV's only make noise when turning and using a bit of power to do so. I've dealt with it a bunch.