Rear clunking noises?

[KoG506]

When i drive over a little or big bump on the road. i hear this annoying clunking noises. I believe it from the rear suspension/strut. Its sooooooo annoying sitting in the rear seats hearing that noise.

I looked at the sway bar bushing earlier but it looked fine and normal. can someone post a bad and good bushing? and how do I change bushings?

Do you guy experience this? do you know what causing the noise? and how do i fix it?

Thanks!

and car has 120,XXX mileage, (the car is my avatar) and it never had any accidents. so im guessing its a wear and tear thing. but how do i fix it?

[tr7driver]

I paid my tire guy $65 to change the bushings while he was rotating the tires. It cleard the thumping noise right up.

[KoG506]

Originally Posted by tr7driver

I paid my tire guy $65 to change the bushings while he was rotating the tires. It cleard the thumping noise right up.

it is an easy DIY task?

[shortrun]

You cannot tell if the sway bar bushings are worn by looking at them. At least I couldn't.

Either replace them or I just took an old bicycle innertube and did one wrap around the sway bar, then reinstalled the bushing (this was a little difficult jaming it all in)

I just did this about 3 weeks ago and it's working good. Plus hopefully lasts a little longer than the new one's I put in.

[kegunder]

The bushing job is an 'easy' DIY type job, in theory. A ratcheting box wrench is almost required though. The bolts can be stuck and kind of are an pain in the rear to deal with.

[TedL]

Rear bushings are a half hour job, with most of the time spent lifting the car and R&Ring the wheels to get access. Nothing more than a ratchet wrench needed, though an air ratchet makes it faster.