Clunk Clunk Clunk!
 

Hi All - Greetings from London :thumbup:


Well picked up the X5 today, on the test drive I had noticed the 'Clunk' which I recognised as control arm/ball joint issue after reading up on this forum( car has done 65k), question is, is there a logical order which things should be replaced?

Lower control arm
Sway bar
Upper arm?

Various members seem to change things in different orders when they hear the 'clunk' - what should I change first? i.e what is the MOST common cause of the clunk?
Would there be any visible damage to the sway bar if I got under there and looked at it?

tia
FAR

lower control arm and sway bar links seems most common. check your tie rods by swinging the wheel with engine off and listening.

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Definitely lowe control arm/ball joint, easy DIY though. Check the article section.

thanks gentlemen, seems like its the offside sway bar link

did you get it sorted?and to diagnose issue, did you tug at sway bar end links whilst vehicle was off ground?cheers

I had the sway bar replaced but the noise was still there.

I took my car into bmw croydon for an oil service and the guy there did it for free, he said there were some loose bolts which had some play.

I would advise to get it on a ramp and get all the bolts tightened and looked at before spending any money on anything else

cheers for the reply fella, will get em to do that first....