Auto Repair Question
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Topic: Auto Repair Question
Posted By: Zata
Subject: Auto Repair Question
Date Posted: 16 March 2009 at 5:17pm
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I've been hearing this clicking noise on and off inside my truck. Went to the oil change and they said it was probably caused by my front sway bar being loose. Is this something that needs to be replaced or can it just be fixed? And a cost estimate? Its a 89 Bronco II |
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 16 March 2009 at 5:46pm
| if its just loose tighten up the bolts... inspect it for bad bushings or cracks. |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 16 March 2009 at 5:50pm
Unless they have a policy against going any further than an oil change, don't you think the guys would have done that for me? I'm guessing its more serious than just loose bolts. |
merc wrote:Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 16 March 2009 at 5:56pm
| how about you stop guessing and take a look at the damn thing. |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 16 March 2009 at 6:06pm
 he dident even find out what the problem was, just made a guess... mechanics get paid by the job, not the hour*. they wont do anything extra and they will generally do half A jobs and take shortcuts to save time.
* fleet works different |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 16 March 2009 at 7:30pm
I don't know anything about cars, I doubt that'd help me. No ones guessing here. When I pulled into the garage, I mentioned the noise to the guys. They took a look and figured out that it was the sway bar. |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 16 March 2009 at 7:40pm
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google "bronco 2 front sway bar"
your sway bar is probably MUCH easier than mine 4 bolts and the links. a new link kit is like 30$ a new sway bar with links is like 60$... summitracing.com. find the bar, expect the rods attaching it to your arms and find where its damaged, check the bushings. |
Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 7:41am
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89... Its totalled.
Buy a honda. ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 8:04am
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Sway bars (The ends) are easy is that's what the problem is. You don't even have to know much about automotive repair, just how to use a wrench. ------------- ? |
Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 9:56am
| righty loosey lefty tight? CRAP! |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 10:55am
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^^^ No . . . "It's lefty loosey, right loosey." Just remember how the 'Pubs and Dems are with taxpayer dollars. Yeah, I couldn't resist. ------------- 
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Posted By: Syclops
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 11:58am
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Zeta -
Give me some more detail on the clicking...is it only when it is going down the road, only turning, let me know when it occurs?
I find it hard to believe that your sway bar is making the "clicking" sound. But to be sure, jack up the front end and have a buddy turn the wheel while the vehicle is suspended in air. Determine where the so called "clicking" is coming from.
Clicking usually can occur as a result of bad U-joints, wheel bearings or even a bad motor valve assembly. Give us some more information. It's alwaysgood to learn more about your vehicle as well as take a chance in actually work on it yourself. Get a Haynes manual and some tools and soon your on your way to reducing the cost of someone else do it.
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Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 12:03pm
| The clicking noise is random, but I would say it occurs 80% of the time. It usually doesn't start happening until I've been driving for about 5 minutes or so. Sometimes it stops after a while. The higher my RPMs the faster it clicks. Thats all I really have on it. |
Posted By: Syclops
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 12:09pm
| Zeta - although your sway bar bushing may be bad, it is not the source of your clicking. If your sway bar was bad you would have a tough time sticking to corners. The source of your problem sounds like a bad valve. To see for sure, as soon as it starts happening open the hood and listen to the sound of the motor by the valve covers...I think the Bronco IIs were 6 cylinders and I think have two valve covers...should be two valves per cyclinder...anyway...if you hear a clicking in the valve covers you have a bad valve. Replacement would require a more qualified technician to replace. How many miles on the beast? |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 12:21pm
| About 43k, its obviously not the original engine. |
Posted By: Syclops
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 1:35pm
| I see...do you have a friend that knows his/her way around a vehicle, mechanically speaking? My first inclination, seeing that it is a new engine, is that you have to retighten the valves...torque them within proper specifications. This will compensate for the wear-in period. Torque specs can be gotten from a hanes manual or even doing an online search. I had to do the same thing with my 86 Fulls size Bronco with the 302 EFI engine. Let me know if you have any other questions. |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 1:41pm
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My girlfriends dad is a full out genius with cars, hes working on my Firebird right now. But he lives an hour away and now isn't a good time to drive down to have him look at it. I suppose I could have my uncle take a look , but I'll probably take it to a shop if we can't figure anything out. Thanks for your help. |
Posted By: Syclops
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 1:49pm
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Good luck, let us know if was in fact the issue. Meanwhile feel free to check out my project:
http://www.supermotors.net/registry/5183 - http://www.supermotors.net/registry/5183
If you look under the "Fender Flares and Flaps" you can see the final product. Took me 2.5 years to tear down and rebuild. Did everything myself!
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 4:18pm
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Never trust advice from an oil change place. Part of their business model is to find "problems" and try to fleece you to "Might as well get it done today" One day when I had my first car in, they came into the waiting room and said "We noticed your side marker lights are burnt out, want us to replace them?" I had an itching feeling about that, stuck my head out the door, and sure enough the side markers on that car were REFLECTORS. I pointed that out to the guy and he went back out with his tail between his legs. ------------- 
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Posted By: Destruction
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 4:34pm
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It's probably just the headlight fluid. ------------- u dont know what to do ur getting mottor boatted Men are from Magmar, women are from Venusaur. |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 4:52pm
| Whatever it is, it isn't happening anymore. Since I left the oil change, I haven't heard the noise at all. So I'm not worried about it. |
Posted By: .636
Date Posted: 17 March 2009 at 6:46pm
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Lifter tick. Re adjust the valve lash. If your stupid enough to go to an oil change place and listen to their advice then your too dumb to adjust your valves. Go to a shop to have it done. Most of the time you get number X cylinder to TDS then adjust the lash on cylinders X X and X. Lash for my S10 is tighten till the rods will not move at all then tighten another half turn more. sway bars dont 'click' when the engine revs higher. Engine components do. And swaybar threads will either be left or right hand threads deciding on what side of the vehicle to keep them from becoming loose. ------------- |
Posted By: Syclops
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 11:17am
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Zata - I'm sure .636 did'nt mean to sound so abrasive, becasue I'm sure he realizes that it is that type of attitude that drives people away from the forum AND the sport.
People just have different skill sets and abilities and maybe automotive repair is not yours...it surely is not passed on genetically! So I for one understand that not everyone knows what to look for when dealing with vehicles. I was self taught as my Pops really did'nt have the time or patience with me.
If your interested in maintaining a vehicle join a vehicle-specific forum, hang with someone who knows or self teach yourself. Good luck brother!
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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 11:23am
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Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 1:34pm
Did it ever occur to you I went to the oil change to do just that? To get my oil changed? While I was there, I figured I'd ask them about it. Thanks for your help Syclops |
Posted By: .636
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 7:41pm
I know you went to get your oil changed. Dont ever ask oil change people for any mechanical advice as they are not mechanics. I meant if your stupid enough to actually get your oil changed at some quick lube place. Do it your self in 20 min with a jug of oil, filter and a grease gun for 15 bucks. Just find a bucket to drain your oil in.
No im pretty sure I mean to sound 'abrasive' and I don't think calling someone a moron about their car is going to turn them away from paintball all together. Probably will think im a jerk for a very long time but thats about it. ------------- |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 8:33pm
Meh, I think most of the people on here are jerks, but they probably thing the same thing about me, so its not really something I worry about. |