Clunk washers are in-Clunk is gone!

Ive been working on my own cars since I was a kid and the one thing that Ive learned is...nothing ever goes like its suppost to.

Well Im glad to say that this job was a breeze.

The nut came right off.
The bolt came right out.
The washers went right in. {with a little wiggiling of the control arm}
and the bolt went right back in.

Best of all, no more embarresing clunk.

It was an honest to goodness 30 minute job so if you havent done it yet, DO IT!

Heres one little tip..

Use a floor jack to slightly lift the control arm from the bottom. That will take the tention off the bolt and will let you just pull it out.

Andy

 

Couldn't agree more. Very easy install to do. Good tip on the jack. I had to do the same thing when I installed mine.

 

There are basically 3 parts of the alignment. Camber, caster, and toe in.Caster is how much ahead one wheel is to the other or "lead"(this compensates for the crown in the road), Camber, which is how flat the surface of the tire is on the road, and toe in, which is how much the tires tip in towards each other. The castor adjustment on the stock set up is done with the bolt adjustment in the a arm. By installing the cambolt set up(available at most alignment shops)and using herbs washers to lock the a arm bolt in place(thereby no longer adjusting the caster with the lower a arm bolt) all the adjustments can be done from the top, and in the process the a arm bolt no longer slips and the clunk is fixed. Print this out and go talk to an alignment shop. They will understand right away. If they don't, go elsewhere

Copied from a cabraco post........

Don't you need to get the cambolts and an alignment?

Dan

 

Great little product Herb came up with. Mine fit perfect and were also a quick job.
Mine weren't clunking but I read enough about it that I thought, Why wait!.
My tires were wearing on the inside anyway.

I bought the ford cam bolts and put those in also. Using the original shims to get them in position.

Before I started and after I finished I put a 24" level on the rim and it was like a 1/4 bubble in on both the fronts. (verticaly)

I left the upper rear stock and turned the upper front cam bolts until my bubble was almost straight. Then checked my toe in with a adjustable paint roller handle. Gave it just a little toe in from comparing front to back of rim from the same spot.

If you do this be sure to recheck by driving the truck back and forth a few feet so it sets in normal position. I am lucky cause my garage floor is level and so was the truck by putting level on the bed which is frame mounted of course.

I test drove it and let go of the steering wheel. She tracked real nice. I have my winter wheels and tires on now and they are wearing much better.

I probably should take it to an alignment shop but I get a kick out of getting results on my own.
Old school ways are hard to break! When I was young I could never spare a dime.

 

I am going to need the washers for mine soon i heard the clunk for the first time this weekend. can sombody direct me to the nearest clunk dealer lol !!!

 

Dan

I didnt use cam bolts and my truck doesnt seem to need an alignment. It doesnt pull of wander on the hwy so I'm going to leave it alone for now.
Also it cant be any worse now than it was when the control arm had some movement in it.

Jwasted

I got mine from David Lynn. He advertises on JLP's website.
I recommend him highly.

http://www.johnnylightningperf.com/Links/ClunkFix.asp

Andy

 

Here is the source and it sounds like you better hurry!
http://www.nloc.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=39019

 

I have a 2000 lightning and also had the front end clunk. I took it to the Ford dealership and they greased the front end and also installed there washers(TSB). They included the alignment and I had already purchased the cam bolts. I have been driving now for over a year and a half with no front end clunk. Got lucky I guess.

 

Ford fixed my problem and after a year I was still OK had no problems. They installed cam bolts and alligned it. Thought I was a Lucky one also.....

I just gor back from a 1k mile road trip and noticed the inside of my right front tire is gone threads are hanging out. The left one is almost as bad. Local Ford dealer said that they will get me a couple new tires and a clunk washer off the internet since ford tech guys arn't smart enough to check out the fix on the internet. They will do it them selfs and bill it to ford. I hope Ford tech guys will listen one of these days.

 

i bought some "clunk washers" when they first came out.
i took the truck to the local ford place & they fixed it without using the washers.. they are still sitting on my shelf..

 

Yeah, sometimes you get lucky. I heard the dealer fix was and big star washer under the bolt.

You could also use a falt washer and tack weld it...

 

it wasn't a star washer.. it was a bolt with teeth..