recently my girl hit a pothole. and now when i make a turn around a corner i hear a loud click. ihear it on both sides. please help.

 

Does it happen when you break as well? Go over bumps?

Can you feel it in the brake pedal? Steering wheel? Through the floor board?

Rick

 

i can feel it slightly in my pedal. not in the floor board or the sterring wheel.
it tends to happen when i slow down for a turn but not when i'm cornering a bend or turn at high speeds. please help

 

OK - so you feel it in the brake pedal, and hear it when slowing into a turn - just want to verify that.

So - there are only a few pars that can have an issue when the torque load changes up front.

1 - possible wheel bearings
2 - could be a strut tower, sway bar link, etc.
3 - could be torsion bar bushings from the impact

The most likely are 1 and 3. The wheel bearing issue would happen likely when breaking forward or reverse - as would a brake issue from the impact.

During slowing and turns however - your looking at torsion bars - almost positive. The best thing is to get it up in the air and tighten every bolt you can, including strut mounts, etc. Literally - ANY bolt - tighten REALLY well.

You may not be able to tighten some of the bolts, as they are torqued pretty tight to begin with - more than 125 ft lbs.

If you still have the clicking issue, after verifying everything is rock solid and tight, no play in bushings etc - I would best guess the torsion bar bushings. Very difficult to tighten and verify - but cheaper to just get new bar assemblies.

Now here's the thing. Get the alignment checked, after tightening everything. Make sure all is well. The idea is to make sure the car looks and rides completely undamaged. If after all of this, you still have the clicking - take it to a dealer fro a warranty complain about the clicking - they'll probably change the torsion bars. ;-)