I have had a noise like that. It was caused by the shock hitting the inside
of it's housing. The top needs to be done up when loaded to ensure proper
centering. It worked for me!

On 3/16/06, Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
> I've been trying to diagnose a popping noise that happens when going
> over big bumps, that seems to be coming from the front of the van, maybe
> from the passenger side.  I went under the front today (again), and
> notice that I can wiggle the stabilizer bar back and forth just slight.
> Is this normal?  Also, I noticed that while the end of the stabilizer
> bar is flush with the stabilizer link bushing on the driver side, it
> sticks through the bushing a good 3/4 of an inch on the passenger side.
> Is this normal?  Could this be related to my problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Wes
>

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Jake
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