Creaking/clunking possibly from sway bar?

[Conzo97]

Hey all! My 2010 omega Wagon has been fantastic until after a recent trip from Melbourne to Brisbane. Since I've noticed a creaking/knocking when going over bumps (the roads up here are super uneven so its constant). I only notice it when going under 60kms, and it's coming from the front left I think. Some googling and asking has told me it's likely the sway bar links or bushes. Going through the bonnet, I think the bushes are okayish - though they feel very brittle which may be normal. Does anyone know if I can change these without jacking the car up? I'm a poor student without most equipment and I'm parking on a street.

 

[Dayvo]

Sounds like sway bar link pins. Mine made the same noise. To check them undo the bottom link from sway bar and check the ball joints for wear.
When I checked mine they felt ok, but when I removed the bottom link from the bar the rubber around the ball joint was split and had heaps of play in it.

 

[Brettly-2008]

Hey all! My 2010 omega Wagon has been fantastic until after a recent trip from Melbourne to Brisbane. Since I've noticed a creaking/knocking when going over bumps (the roads up here are super uneven so its constant). I only notice it when going under 60kms, and it's coming from the front left I think. Some googling and asking has told me it's likely the sway bar links or bushes. Going through the bonnet, I think the bushes are okayish - though they feel very brittle which may be normal. Does anyone know if I can change these without jacking the car up? I'm a poor student without most equipment and I'm parking on a street.

You can get to the sway bar bushes by putting each wheel at full lock an accessing them from the wheel arch.

 

[greenacc]

The D bushes are not too hard to do without jacking car up. Just open the bonnet and you can reach down to the sway bar and info the 2 bolts on each bracket. Those D bushes only cost about 15 bucks a pair