DonDotta
Active LVC Member
I solved and diagnosed some problems with my car yesterday. I know it's long, but I don't want to be a post hoe 
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I have been having the clunking nose under the driving side of my car, and I was thinking maybe either sway bar links or suspension bushings. So yesterday, I was driving my car and I hit the brakes and all of a sudden I hear a SCRAAAPPPEE noise, and a loud thumping coming from the same side, and I said to my self "Did the front end fall on my brakes?" Then I turned around and drive the car back home very slow. I get home, jack the car up and take the tire off. I inspect the suspension and it was fine, but I go to inspect the brakes and the caliper was hanging off the rotor
. Turns out one of the caliper bolts fell off, and the other one was loose also. (Maybe I didn't torque them all the way :shifty
. Luckily my pads and rotors were still good. So all I had to do was; go the hardware store to match the bolts, put some new steel ones on, and torqued them up real tight. I put everything back together, and test drove the car. Everything was smooth, no noises from the front end. So I solve my front end clunk, dangerously lol.
Problem 2: I not sure if this is the problem why my car vibrates and has low power between 800-1200 rpms, but when I drove my car yesterday after fixing the brakes. I gave it a couple of WOT runs, and after I got back to the house, I noticed a rotten eggs smell coming from the exhaust. Usually a sign of either a clogged cat or bad 02 sensor. Could this cause low power a low rpms?
.I have been having the clunking nose under the driving side of my car, and I was thinking maybe either sway bar links or suspension bushings. So yesterday, I was driving my car and I hit the brakes and all of a sudden I hear a SCRAAAPPPEE noise, and a loud thumping coming from the same side, and I said to my self "Did the front end fall on my brakes?" Then I turned around and drive the car back home very slow. I get home, jack the car up and take the tire off. I inspect the suspension and it was fine, but I go to inspect the brakes and the caliper was hanging off the rotor
. Turns out one of the caliper bolts fell off, and the other one was loose also. (Maybe I didn't torque them all the way :shifty. Luckily my pads and rotors were still good. So all I had to do was; go the hardware store to match the bolts, put some new steel ones on, and torqued them up real tight. I put everything back together, and test drove the car. Everything was smooth, no noises from the front end. So I solve my front end clunk, dangerously lol.Problem 2: I not sure if this is the problem why my car vibrates and has low power between 800-1200 rpms, but when I drove my car yesterday after fixing the brakes. I gave it a couple of WOT runs, and after I got back to the house, I noticed a rotten eggs smell coming from the exhaust. Usually a sign of either a clogged cat or bad 02 sensor. Could this cause low power a low rpms?
