So I picked up my '09OBXT (48500 mi, original owner, service records, very happy with the car!!)in June and drove it back from the southern US to Canada. I had Rallitek front and rear sways and endlinks and Rallitek WRX/sti steering rack bushings installed at Suberbru AllPro in Atlanta and everything was great. I've put about 14000mi on the vehicle and for the 1st 10000 it was solid as a rock. In the last month I've developed a clunk in the driver's side front end when cornering, especially turning to the right and going over bumps, Noticed it first taking exit ramps "at speed" and going over irregular pavement. Can feel it in the steering wheel.
Spoke to Subaru allpro and went thru the exercise with the sways and end links, even taking it off completely, and the clunk was still there. they are tight, and back on the car.
The local well respected custom shop that does a lot of WRX's replaced the control arm bushings; clunk still there. They say the shocks are good. They inspected the steering column coupling universal joint (as mentioned on this forum) and said it was tight, but said there was play in the rack itself, and convinced me to replace the rack.
We transferred over the polyurethane Rallitek bushings installed everything and clunk still present. They then removed those bushings, put back the rubber standard steering bushings and the noise is a little less pronounced, but still present.
I now have a new (remanufacturered NAPA) rack, new control arm bushings a tight sway bar, about $1200 less dollars and a clunk in the front end.
It's making me a bit mental. Any advice would be appreciated.
Spoke to Subaru allpro and went thru the exercise with the sways and end links, even taking it off completely, and the clunk was still there. they are tight, and back on the car.
The local well respected custom shop that does a lot of WRX's replaced the control arm bushings; clunk still there. They say the shocks are good. They inspected the steering column coupling universal joint (as mentioned on this forum) and said it was tight, but said there was play in the rack itself, and convinced me to replace the rack.
We transferred over the polyurethane Rallitek bushings installed everything and clunk still present. They then removed those bushings, put back the rubber standard steering bushings and the noise is a little less pronounced, but still present.
I now have a new (remanufacturered NAPA) rack, new control arm bushings a tight sway bar, about $1200 less dollars and a clunk in the front end.
It's making me a bit mental. Any advice would be appreciated.