i found out that my lower ball joints are bad, so will replace those. What else should I replace, both front and rear, while is at the mechanics? stock lower arm.

 

How many miles do you have on your vehicle? What year is it? Is it lowered? Check all boots. Replace as necessary. I had a problem on my 2000 Civic (d16y7) that I wanted to troubleshoot, but never got around to it. Every now and then, upon abrupt acceleration it would "clunk" a little bit. I suspected it was the transmission. I recently did a suspension overhaul and also replaced my driveshafts with <u>new</u> units, despite the CV boots still looking in decent condition after 98,xxx miles. The problem seems to have been resolved. I checked the shafts for any torsional slack by hand and it seems there was a little play, that seemed the most likely source of the problem.

 

'94, 180000 on the odometer. bought it 2 years ago with around 17000. my car also makes a clunk noise when accelarating or decelarating. I'm want to do a overhaul but not hte entire energy suspension kit. I recently changed the axles, just to change them and found that it snapped the inner boot assembly.