Jake, can you elaborate a little on what you mean? I did do the
retighten the nut with the car on the ground, but it didn't help.  Is
this what you mean?
-Wes

Jake de Villiers wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
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