Clunk Clunk Clunk!

[far]

Hi All - Greetings from London


Well picked up the X5 today, on the test drive I had noticed the 'Clunk' which I recognised as control arm/ball joint issue after reading up on this forum( car has done 65k), question is, is there a logical order which things should be replaced?

Lower control arm
Sway bar
Upper arm?

Various members seem to change things in different orders when they hear the 'clunk' - what should I change first? i.e what is the MOST common cause of the clunk?
Would there be any visible damage to the sway bar if I got under there and looked at it?

tia
FAR

[fast4d]

lower control arm and sway bar links seems most common. check your tie rods by swinging the wheel with engine off and listening.

[tijanaw]

:xoutpost:
Definitely lowe control arm/ball joint, easy DIY though. Check the article section.

[far]

thanks gentlemen, seems like its the offside sway bar link

[omodos]

did you get it sorted?and to diagnose issue, did you tug at sway bar end links whilst vehicle was off ground?cheers

[far]

Originally Posted by omodos

did you get it sorted?and to diagnose issue, did you tug at sway bar end links whilst vehicle was off ground?cheers

I had the sway bar replaced but the noise was still there.

I took my car into bmw croydon for an oil service and the guy there did it for free, he said there were some loose bolts which had some play.

I would advise to get it on a ramp and get all the bolts tightened and looked at before spending any money on anything else

[omodos]

cheers for the reply fella, will get em to do that first....