Originally Posted by Zulfiqar

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put the car on jackstands, get a large prybar and try to lift a wheel upwards while feeling the ball joint with your hand, if it moves - you need new joints - worn ball joints will cause the pop/clunk - corollas are quite light cars - their joints dont wear out early.

while on jackstands, rotate the steering wheel slowly and put your hands on the strut hats also listen carefully - if you hear a soft pop pop pop - the strut bearing is jammed. Needs replacement.

the most usual cause of such noise in a toyota camry/corolla/sienna/venza etc is the round vertical mount bushings in the control arms, take a 2ft pry bar and muscle it - if you can see the rubber is torn up - you need a new bushing. with it worn your car will handle like a bowl of custard and jelly and even vibrate the wheel at speed. in really bad cases you will encounter a sudden steer feeling when at parking lot speed.

its easy to change them though as you dont need to pop the ball joint out, just remove the bolts. Then its just hammer, hacksaw, hammer etc.

when servicing the brakes, get a packet of dielectric grease and use that to lube the pins and pad ears - make sure to wire wheel the brake pad carriers first so the abutment clips remain seated - if the pad carriers get rusty the rust lifts the clips and siezes the pad.