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[Rocha]

Ok im pretty sure this question is out there somewhere but i guess im too lazy to search for it, ohh all i had to do is look at the top of the forum, BUT!!!, ok, when im turning i hear a poping noise, now this noise does not sound good at all, its been like that since i got the car like 2 03 years ago, well what can it be, and please explain in brief detail, and at what prize am i looking at??? and its only on the passenger side, i think i heard it on the driver side before but i cannot recall...thank you -[ROCHA]

[Phillip]

CV's are shot. Time for new axel's.

[Gostlrs]

ball joints....

look at all the "boots" on the axle and control arms

[Rocketman]

CV joint is shot. They're pretty common on eBay cheap.

If it happens at a static turn it could be your upper strut bearing.

Balljoints should be OK, but check them anyway shouldn't hurt to replace them if they look old.

Go for an aligment afterwards

[Yuri]

is it a constant popping sound? or just an occasional single pop?

i had the occasional single pop, i don't know what it's called but there's a support bar near the middle of the car going off towards one side that was loose. I just bolted that down and sound was gone.

[Rocha]

to yuri it inly pops pretty much when im turning to the left. it also pops when turning ti the right but i can hardly hear it...my friend in mex has a suspension for this car, hes suppoes to be sending it to me but i lost contact with him
    -rocha

[squaretwo]

i had the same popping sound im mine till i got new bushings put into the control arms. the bushings can get expensive, so i had a friend cut some bushings from a cavalier to fit.

[Phillip]

I just finished my 94XR2 turning is the CV's and I had a thump when I was accelerating and braking, that was the lower control arm bushings. The fool who had the car before me had an alignment with the bad bushings now I’ll have to do it all over again. It pulls to the right a bit.

All the noises are gone though.

[Heavensheros]

you can easily use the red bushing kit at murrys for around 20 dollars and a threaded rod ... thats what i did to my capri and it actually raised the sway bar a couple inches giving it a big difference in turnin

[Rocketman]

I'd recommend against threaded rod, the link is also a spacer - it holts a bit of a distance. I've tried a bolt before its not the same

[Heavensheros]

i used long bolts and it worked very well