Clunking sound from rear suspension
I have 2001 galant 4cyl and it was making clunking noise. I replaced the rear shocks and the noise is now louder than before. I checked all the bolts and they are properly tightened. The only difference I see with my original were factory shocks which had shorter bumper and the new one I put is Monroe strut-mate boot kit which has longer bumper. All fitting was put properly along with new mount kit. The only thing I did not change is the spring insulator which is just a metal piece on the top and the coil. I changed all other parts.
I also have new sway bar links (genuine mitsubishi). All by bushings and control arms and joints are in good shape.
Any idea what could possibly be causing the clunking noise? The clunk is almost like a metal hitting metal. It is driving me crazy as all checks out. I even showed it to 3 different mechanics and could not find anything wrong with rear suspension. I finally decided that I'll change shocks and see if it helps. Looks like changing them made it worse.