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Recently (started last month) my front end makes a bad noise from the front end on the drivers side when going over bumps. You can even hear it while driving 70 down the interstate and hit a dip or a mound. I had cut the front coil springs 2/3 coil when I did the lower ball joints and I think one of the isolators may have been partially in when I put it back together. I did this earlier this year and it didn't make this noise then. Last week as I was jacking it up to see if I could find the source ut did it then but I couldn't pinpoint it. My ? is well what could it be? Is it the shock? It seems to be happening only on the A arms moving downward stroke. Could it be the missing isolator?

 

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Sounds really similar to something I found this weekend....read about it here:
http://www.impalassforum.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=16&t=001841

Let us know if you have the same problem....
Good luck,
Bob T.

 

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Jacked the car up last night and grabbed the tire and found no movement in the balljoint, checked the torque on the nut anyway and found it where I had torqued it to the first time. I'm about to narrow it down to shock or a-arm bushing. Leaning more toward the bushing. I may swap the two front shocks first. I looked at the bushings and a couple look like they are getting chewed up.

 

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...sounds like your front body bushings If you put in new bushings, DO NOT use too much force or you can strip the mount bolts. You can order new 9c1 body bushings from DAL or your dealer. I would recommend replacing the front two body mount bushings on each side of the car. Of course you could do all of them. Should only take you about 7 minutes per bushing...one of the easiest things to do a 9c1. I had the same thing happen to my 9c1 (when I had one) after I cut my springs and installed stiff Bilsteins. The stiffer spring rate accentuates the worn out bushing problem.