While getting my '06 GT serviced for a dead battery,< bad alternator >:eek:
I told my service writer that I had a "thunker",and while I had it in,
go ahead and fix that also,.... "No problem":)
They replaced the lower controll arms <tsb 07-23-01>,and it did quite it down some,
but I still have a front-end that is louder than my F-150 with 130k miles.[>:]
I know the "Search" is my friend,but so are you guys,Thanks....

SORRY: I CLICKED ON SOMETHING AND SENT THIS TO THE FORUM BEFORE
FINISHING MY VOTE OPTIONS !!!!

I know I didnt buy a Town Car,but I didnt buy a Focus either.....

They should have replaced the strut mounts, not the control arms.

You won't get rid of it completly but it's OK.
Nothing will fall off or break.
That's the nature of the beast.

If it helps any, I had an Acura TL (05, 34K miles)in the shop last week and this car was doing this badly, just moving it around the shop (I have a 1 1/2 inch raise to get in the shop bays from the driveway).

Here's the correct TSB:

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forums/attachments/2005-mustang-gt-tech/32207d1188347889-s197-mustang-tsb-list-tsb07-18-02.pdf

Take it back and have them replace the strut mounts.

Doesn't that raises the front end any richmod, since they use thicker ones?

Thanks Richmod and Pascal,
I read more that I post,and hate to re-hash this issue.....

Always enjoy both of your post on other stuff,
Thanks agian
Bill

i heard alot of dealers simply replaced the mounts with the exact same part number. i brought in the TSB and made sure they ordered the revised parts. i swear i still hear it sometimes going up my gravel driveway, but it seems to be better than it was.

ORIGINAL: pascal

Doesn't that raises the front end any richmod, since they use thicker ones?

I don't think they're any thicker, just a different design. My front end height didn't change, and it made a dramatic difference. No more loose sounding front end. Nice and solid over bumps now.

new part # and i went 20,000mi thunking i was so happy when i took the car out and the dealer actually fixed it

wow,i have this thinking also,figured it was just from the springs i put on,will that make a difference on the tsb,would they still replace them?

anytime i hit any hole or just a slightly different height,i here a thunk,like soemthing is loose.

I'm going in Tuesday to the local Ford dealer for this exact fix - TSB 07-18-02. I'll let you all know how it goes. i have a definite "thunker". Someone said to get the Shelby strut mounts, I'm sure the dealer will be fine with that.....:D

More info from the exceedingly long thunking thread awhile back (from a Ford engineer):

"The new mount will look identical to your original except the mounting studs a few mm's longer. The real change was tothe compound of the rubber used in the mount. The "chuckle" or "loose-lumbar" (as is was called in the concern write-up) was attributed to the "radial" and a"axial" rates on the mount. The new rubber compound corrects this issue and thus corrects the"loose-lumbar" noise from the front suspension."