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    when i hit a bump the right front makes a clattering kinda rattle.is it the strut or the brakes?
    i still laugh when someone says performance and saturn in the same sentence.

  • #2
    its a saturn it will never be quiet...

    umm mine did the same when i hit bumps... its prolly your top mount where the bearing is... thats what happend on teh SL

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    • #3
      well, i doubt its the brakes, unless someone messed with them and they are loose. strut mount possibly. craddle not tight (shouldnt be a problem unless you have dropped it and didnt get it tight), engine mount busted, tie rod, steering rack loose. it can be quite a few things.
      Ian---The Fat Ass

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      • #4
        Re: strut rattle?

        Originally posted by anthony
        when i hit a bump the right front makes a clattering kinda rattle.is it the strut or the brakes?
        I woudl say its the strut...

        mine is doing it too... but its the back one
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        • #5
          mine has a sound on the right side also, started once i put my intrax springs in, sounds like the spring coils hitting eachother. i just said screw it ill live with it, its become my friend!
          [color=red]-Tyler[/color]<br /><br />2005 Chevy Trailblazer<br />1999 Saturn SL2<br />2002 Suzuki Bandit 1200

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          • #6
            ball joint.
            -6S Resident Mechanical Forensics member #001.
            1995 SC2 Turbo 3.6L DOHC, 6sp manual, Ford 8.8 rearend running on MS3x.
            1998 F-250 5.4L triton...stock.

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            • #7
              i have no input except take the wheel off and check it out
              my car s makin some noise in that same area ill probably have it on the lift tommorrooooowwww and ill let you know why my noise is there
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              • #8
                well all 4 struts have been bad sense i bought the car [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif[/img] but it never made any noise untill this weekend.ill check it out tomorrow.
                i still laugh when someone says performance and saturn in the same sentence.

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