problem occurred after aspire swap... please help

[joeboomer999]

Just finished doing a full aspire swap and now there is a loud knocking sound from the front left hub area when i give it some gas. It is less loud if there is someone in the passenger seat. Ive checked all parts over/retorqed them all seems good.
The knocking does not happen when reversing nor when rolling n gear with clutch in.
Alignment is out but cant see how that would cause it? And want to solve this problem before i take her in.
The festy was fine before swap and i purchased and drove the aspire to my house (45 min drive) the same day i dissembled it and it drove perfectly.
All help would be greatly apreciated.

[Chobobulous]

I know you said you checked everything but my car kind of did this when I changes shocks. I torqued it with the wheels off the ground then it shifted when iset it down and would pop on turns until I tightened it.

[joeboomer999]

re torqued the struts when the car was lowered. the knocking is loud and clear when driving on a straight flat paved rode as well

[william]

I would check the lower knuckle bolt I've had one strip one me and caused similar symptoms.
This is the bolt the goes in the Grove of the ball joint and squeezes the knuckle tight to the ball joint.
Just read your reply, mine only did it when hitting bumps, or speeding up or slowing down.
Could it be bearings?

[joeboomer999]

if the bolt your talking about is the one that pinches the lca in the knuckle (?) i replaced it on both sides. doubtful with the bearings as the wheel spins by hand nice and worked really nice when on the aspire.

[rmoltis]

What about just a plain and simple c.v. joint.

[william]

Dumb question are the wheels torqued?

[joeboomer999]

That was my first thought. They were fine before the.swap but thought i might have damaged them while breaking the hub free but after inspection seem ok. I read on a thread that if you use the aspire springs and struts you might make the cvs run out of there usual "wear points" due to the 2" height change, causing knocking but since it doesnt happen in reverse i cant see that being it

[joeboomer999]

Dumb question are the wheels torqued?

Yes

[Damkid]

Did you use the aspire tie rods?

[rmoltis]

Dumb question are the wheels torqued?

i didnt see the even with the clutch in part.

you guys are so kind to people trying to help others out how funny.

[joeboomer999]

Aspire tie rod ends, hubs/knuckles, springs, struts, brakes

festiva sway bar, lca, cv/transaxel

[Gomez]

Check the wheel weight. It may be hitting the strut bolt area where it bolts to the knuckle. I've had to grind/tolerance struts down in this area before.

[joeboomer999]

i didnt see the even with the clutch in part.

you guys are so kind to people trying to help others out how funny.

rmoltis, all help is welcomed and greatly appreciated thank you

[joeboomer999]

Check the wheel weight. It may be hitting the strut bolt area where it bolts to the knuckle. I've had to grind/tolerance struts down in this area before.

I cant say i looked there specifically but wouldnt i notice said event when spinning wheel by hand when the car is jacked?