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Message: I had a bunch of those in the 197K miles of ownership 2000 Boxster S
Changed By: Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S)
Change Date: May 04, 2014 10:42AM
I had a bunch of those in the 197K miles of ownership 2000 Boxster S
Change Date: May 04, 2014 10:42AM
I had a bunch of those in the 197K miles of ownership 2000 Boxster S
I will put big money that it is a control arm..... I replaced a bunch of these over the life of the car. I could only hear the clunking on rather smooth, undulating roads at low speeds.... parking lots etc.
As you note, identifying the offending arm is pretty difficult. I put on miles faster than any one else my local dealer had seen so they had no experience base to judge the offending part. (the first time it happened). The way he diagnosed the clunker was using chassis ears. However, we now have an experience base and the offending arm is usually the lateral arm.... the one that goes front to back. Banging with a mallet or wedging a tire iron in there will only reveal a really failed arm.
I will bet it is 986 331 043 04 ( don't know if left and right are the same number) about $380 for the part.
The only other clunking/rattling etc I ever really had other than a control arm, was the heat shields buzzing and rattling. But those are higher-pitched noises.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
As you note, identifying the offending arm is pretty difficult. I put on miles faster than any one else my local dealer had seen so they had no experience base to judge the offending part. (the first time it happened). The way he diagnosed the clunker was using chassis ears. However, we now have an experience base and the offending arm is usually the lateral arm.... the one that goes front to back. Banging with a mallet or wedging a tire iron in there will only reveal a really failed arm.
I will bet it is 986 331 043 04 ( don't know if left and right are the same number) about $380 for the part.
The only other clunking/rattling etc I ever really had other than a control arm, was the heat shields buzzing and rattling. But those are higher-pitched noises.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
Changed By: Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S)
Change Date: May 04, 2014 10:29AM
I had a bunch of those in the 197K miles of ownership 2000 Boxster S
Change Date: May 04, 2014 10:29AM
I had a bunch of those in the 197K miles of ownership 2000 Boxster S
I will put big money that it is a control arm..... I replaced a bunch of these over the life of the car. I could only hear the clunking on rather smooth, undulating roads at low speeds.... parking lots etc.
As you note, identifying the offending arm is pretty difficult. I put on miles faster than any one else my local dealer had seen so they had no experience base to judge the offending part. The way he diagnosed the clunker was using chassis ears. However, we now have an experience base and the offending arm is usually the lateral arm.... the one that goes front to back. Banging with a mallet or wedging a tire iron in there will only reveal a really failed arm.
I will bet it is 986 331 043 04 ( don't know if left and right are the same number) about $380 for the part.
The only other clunking/rattling etc I ever really had other than a control arm, was the heat shields buzzing and rattling. But those are higher-pitched noises.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
As you note, identifying the offending arm is pretty difficult. I put on miles faster than any one else my local dealer had seen so they had no experience base to judge the offending part. The way he diagnosed the clunker was using chassis ears. However, we now have an experience base and the offending arm is usually the lateral arm.... the one that goes front to back. Banging with a mallet or wedging a tire iron in there will only reveal a really failed arm.
I will bet it is 986 331 043 04 ( don't know if left and right are the same number) about $380 for the part.
The only other clunking/rattling etc I ever really had other than a control arm, was the heat shields buzzing and rattling. But those are higher-pitched noises.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
Original Message
Author: Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S)Date: May 04, 2014 10:27AM
I had a bunch of those in the 197K miles of ownership 2000 Boxster S
I will put big money that it is a control arm..... I replaced a bunch of these over the life of the car. I could only hear the clunking on rather smooth, undulating roads at low speeds.... parking lots etc.
As you note, identifying the offending arm is pretty difficult. I put on miles faster than any one else my local dealer had seen so they had no experience base to judge the offending part. The way he diagnosed the clunker was using chassis ears. However, we now have an experience base and the offending arm is usually the lateral arm.... the one that goes front to back. Banging with a mallet or wedging a tire iron in there will only reveal a really failed arm.
I will bet it is 986 331 043 04 ( don't know if left and right are the same number) about $380 for the part.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
As you note, identifying the offending arm is pretty difficult. I put on miles faster than any one else my local dealer had seen so they had no experience base to judge the offending part. The way he diagnosed the clunker was using chassis ears. However, we now have an experience base and the offending arm is usually the lateral arm.... the one that goes front to back. Banging with a mallet or wedging a tire iron in there will only reveal a really failed arm.
I will bet it is 986 331 043 04 ( don't know if left and right are the same number) about $380 for the part.
Peace
Bruce in Philly