Ugh, no luck. I replaced the shock, and the rattle is still there. All front suspension components (except springs, sway bar, and sway bar bushings) are new. Everything is properly torqued, all new bushings and ball joints seem to be OK.



When using the remote microphone tool, the rattle was most pronounced at the top shock nut, and somewhat less at the upper wishbone ball joint retaining bolt/nut. Virtually no rattles anywhere else. The tricky part is that everything is connected together in one system, so noises can travel to adjacent components.



I'll keep digging around with the microphones. This vehicle is killing me.