Thanks for sharing a mistake. It will probably prevent others from doing it. More valuable than a perfect case.

Much respect claiming your mistake. I’ve made that same mistake before

Respect for owning up to your mistake. Working on cars is a marathon, not a sprint. Best of luck with the car friend!

In my similar repair-causes-noise case, the noise was caused a defective brake job that forgot to install the brake caliper springs. The calipers were loose and were rattling against the rotors which made a severe noise. The brake tech said could not see a defect and I would have to replace the front-end one component at a time until the noise stopped. Instead, I took it to a different shop which looked at everything including the brakes spotted empty holes where the caliper springs should be. So, the brake tech caused the problem, wanted to cure it by replacing the front end, and did replace a couple of control arms. LESSON: inspect all recent work when looking for new car noises.

We all make mistakes but good on you for finding it! I'm going to double check mine too

Don’t feel bad man I did an oil change and almost forgot to put in new oil before I started it

I did the samething. I replaced tie rod ends and sway bar end links. Both had come loose. I got really, really luck. One of the tierod ends bolts almost fell off. Luckily it had an anti fall off saftey feature. I failed to torque everything under load. I didn't make that mistake with my struts. So, I learned a valuable lesson when doing suspension work. My car was almost undriveable. Extremely dangerous and was all over the road with loud clunks. I knew something was wrong so I took a look. I did this work months ago and just found it the other day. I mainly ride my motorcycles in nice weather so I hardly put any miles on the car. Only when it rained.

They say... If you have a clunking head, you'll make everything clunk!

Common mistakes, you learned and improve it happens to the best of us.

Good job tom .you will get it.

Always keep a mental checklist going in your head as you do things. Ryn down each step real quick in your head checking things before you button up

A Man’s Victory. 🏼

I once changed a live axle on a RWD car, different ratio. Finished, checked everything, tried to reverse, would not move. My heart sank till I found the brick behind the tyre.

Same thing happened here was about to return struts thinking there was a defect.

That's exactly the same case scenario for me. Slow speeds and over bumps i hear it because it's not loud enough to hear over higher speeds. No shaking or vibration coming from the steering wheel and control is not problem. Just that loose sound. Im gonna change the control arms anyway and control link. That should be good for a 100k miles.

Nice work!!

Hey plus keep eye out for low tire pressure it does make a difference sometimes yep..