loud banging in front end of 510

[realdiehl]

i recently purchased a 1970 510 and while on my maiden voyage i noticed that any bump in the road there is an extremely loud banging noise out of the front suspension and not sure what it is.does anybody have any ideas what could cause this.

[metalmonkey47]

Ball joints, control arm bushing, caster rod bushings, etc. Loose wheel bearings maybe?

 

 

 

Get up under the car and look for play in ball joints/control arms etc.

[thisismatt]

Jack up the front end & explore (visually & physically). You may also want to jack up the car and then put a second jack under either front wheel to put a little weight on the suspension, since sometimes suspension joints will feel tight at full droop and normal compression, but not somewhere inbetween.

[datzenmike]

Was it lowered? Strut could be bottoming out. Spring could be bottoming out.

 

Strut may be empty and there is little to no damping.

 

Loose sway bar?

[MikeRL411]

And while you have the front end off the ground grease the hell out of any zerk fittings you can find.

[amwalker]

I have all of the above problems on my daily driver. Cheap lowering springs on stock from 1973 front struts = lots of noise over bumps. Before installed the RCA/bump steer spaces and bring the LCA down I was getting contact with the sway bar and frame rails as well.

 

Was it lowered? Strut could be bottoming out. Spring could be bottoming out.

 

Strut may be empty and there is little to no damping.

 

Loose sway bar?