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  1. #1 Still clunks after changing front sway bar end links 3 times... 
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    I have been rebuilding my 2004 GT to last another 200k-replaced the front and rear sway bar bushings with urethane, all struts and end links, new LCA's with ball joints, both front hubs, all brake components, and yet, a clunking over bumps keeps coming back. I believe it to be the front sway bar links. I have replaced the factory ones with the two different Autozone ones(one has Zerk fittings, one doesn't) and now have replaced the Autozone ones with O'Reilly's greaseable ones and still the clunk comes right back. It seems to me that the front links are very long and possibly that is causing premature failure but I haven't got more than 3 months out of a set before the clunking noise comes back. This also happened before the urethane sway bar bushings were installed, too. The greaseable links were much heavier built than the non-greaseable ones but the noise that started up again seems to be the same. Any thoughts?
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    check the strut mounts?

    is your car lowered? i cant see end links blowing gout in a few months.

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    Not lowered at all, just a basic stocker with a couple of additions. But the clunking was there before I started putting all the new stuff on and continued until I changed the links, whereupon I got a few months of nice smooth ride until it started again.
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    the dorman end links are crap, they dont last long, neither do the sway bar bushings.

    so maybe switch to polly end links from napa.

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    mine did the same exact thing! replaced everything, and still the clunk was there. Wound up replacing lower control arms, and it went away, but since youve already done those..... maybe a bad strut mount? what brand did you use?
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    Have you checked your spare tire was tightened down? And if you're strut mounts were never replaced you need to address those
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