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Last week I replaced front and rear rotors and pads. I had the car on jack stands at the rear . After I finished and drove the car,I hear a clunking sound in the rear everytime I hit a bump.. It sounds like my struts are bad , I'm just a little confused because there was no noise until after I did my brakes .

anyone have any ideas?

Bend a control arm?

hope not but I did loosen the right side thinking I could get the rotor off because the stupid star bolt got stripped. I ended up using vice grips to get the bolt out. But no I dont think I bent anything., I loosened the bolt then tightened it right back up. I'll double check to make sure.

Sounds like your typical sway-bar-ripped-from-the-mount problem. Check your sway bar.

have the car put on a lift and yank on everything. Make sure everything is tight including the struts bolts in the top of the wheel well. Then check for bent parts by comparing one side to the other!

-Andy