Hey tinypanzer,

Thanks for the tip on the idler arm bushing. The bushing on my car appears to allow the idler arm to move up and down (relative to the car) very slightly. I was hoping to have the car up on a lift this afternoon but my mechanic was backed up with other customer's cars.

The symptom I'm having is that there's a clunking sound when accelerating and decelerating, rather than when going over bumps or potholes. The tire moves forwards and backwards in the tire well when braking! The PO changed the steering damper when he did the tie rods, so that's some money saved