 front suspension creaking noise |
 Jun 4, 2012 - 9:44 AM
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I just replaced my struts and springs on the car.
Everything went well, but now a few weeks after driving the car, the front left is making a creaking/popping noise when turning the wheel. Any idea why it would be doing that? Did I align the top strut mount in the wrong position, or could it be cause by the top nut coming loose ? -------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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Jun 20, 2012 - 4:30 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 31, '02 From Philadelphia, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
QUOTE (jordisonjr @ Jun 20, 2012 - 5:24 PM)  Hmm this is odd. Sounds like your describing the sound that TRDproven talked about on the first post of this page. Maybe it is something non strut related and is just a coincedence that it started happening after lowering? The popping noise is very much strut related. You can hear it coming exactly from the left side upper strut area when just tuning the wheel. The loud clunk on the other hand might not be from the mount as it seems like its almost coming from the center of the car. But as they say, fix whats broken and then see whats left. As I understanding it (correct me if Im wrong), the upper mount has rubber inside of it that is supposed to dampen any impact that your strut didn't take care of. If that center rubber section is damaged, I'm guessing it could stop the strut from freely turning causing the springs to rub and make that noise. -------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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lagos front suspension creaking noise Jun 4, 2012 - 9:44 AM
jordisonjr Yea there's an arrow on the mount, that I beli... Jun 4, 2012 - 10:15 AM lagos The odd thing is, I labeled mine with tape before ... Jun 4, 2012 - 10:30 AM jordisonjr Hmm thats odd.
I can't remember if mine was ri... Jun 4, 2012 - 1:04 PM xxgetbackupxx This happened to me look for my thread, for me it ... Jun 4, 2012 - 5:41 PM marinos Yes I had the same issue on the left side I had pl... Jun 4, 2012 - 6:07 PM xxgetbackupxx Yea my spring was what was rubbing against itself,... Jun 4, 2012 - 6:44 PM lagos QUOTE (xxgetbackupxx @ Jun 4, 2012 - 7... Jun 4, 2012 - 7:13 PM xxgetbackupxx Acutally I never used sporting compressor. I took ... Jun 4, 2012 - 8:28 PM xxgetbackupxx So I try uploading photo and it dynamic pages in ... Jun 4, 2012 - 8:55 PM lagos QUOTE (xxgetbackupxx @ Jun 4, 2012 - 9... Jun 4, 2012 - 9:51 PM jordisonjr I don't think you need a compressor for loweri... Jun 5, 2012 - 10:23 AM Xander_X also check your ball joints and CV joints. If you... Jun 7, 2012 - 8:38 AM lagos So I took the strut out, and here is what I found.... Jun 7, 2012 - 5:47 PM xxgetbackupxx Nice man, glad u fixed it. Still can't post an... Jun 7, 2012 - 7:10 PM lagos QUOTE (xxgetbackupxx @ Jun 7, 2012 - 8... Jun 7, 2012 - 7:24 PM
xxgetbackupxx QUOTE (lagos @ Jun 7, 2012 - 8:24 PM... Jun 7, 2012 - 9:23 PM lagos Oh! I actually noticed that on mine as well bu... Jun 7, 2012 - 9:56 PM lagos Actually here is another pic. You can see everythi... Jun 7, 2012 - 10:02 PM xxgetbackupxx looks like mine, make sure if these are lowering s... Jun 8, 2012 - 7:03 PM trdproven i guess i read on late.
I guarantee, its dealin... Jun 9, 2012 - 9:42 PM jordisonjr I couldn't find the words to describe this lol... Jun 9, 2012 - 11:01 PM lagos So after like 10 days, the creeking noise decides ... Jun 20, 2012 - 1:35 PM trdproven IDK if strut mount has creaking, it more has like ... Jun 20, 2012 - 3:53 PM lagos QUOTE (trdproven @ Jun 20, 2012 - 4... Jun 20, 2012 - 4:15 PM jordisonjr Hmm this is odd.
Sounds like your describing the s... Jun 20, 2012 - 4:24 PM lagos BTW Amazon has a killer deal on the front KYB stru... Jun 20, 2012 - 4:50 PM lagos I found a really good video on KYB's site that... Jun 20, 2012 - 5:09 PM trdproven I'm pretty sure its how the strut was assemble... Jun 21, 2012 - 3:57 AM lagos QUOTE (trdproven @ Jun 21, 2012 - 4... Jun 21, 2012 - 10:14 AM trdproven how do the grooves on the underside of the mount l... Jun 21, 2012 - 9:26 PM lagos I'm reusing my old mounts. Those notches under... Jun 22, 2012 - 7:45 AM jordisonjr What about the notches on that bottom of the strut... Jun 22, 2012 - 8:36 AM lagos QUOTE (jordisonjr @ Jun 22, 2012 - 9... Jun 22, 2012 - 7:16 PM Followtheornghat I just replaced all of mine with new KYB products.... Jun 22, 2012 - 10:46 PM lagos QUOTE (Followtheornghat @ Jun 22, 2012 ... Jun 23, 2012 - 2:22 PM marinos Are the mounts comes with bearings?
If not IMO you... Jun 24, 2012 - 4:50 AM lagos QUOTE (marinos @ Jun 24, 2012 - 5:50... Jun 24, 2012 - 8:59 PM lagos Looks like I found the problem. Took everything pa... Jun 28, 2012 - 6:05 PM trdproven its either the top mount or bearing of it or the s... Jun 28, 2012 - 8:05 PM lagos QUOTE (trdproven @ Jun 28, 2012 - 9... Jun 28, 2012 - 8:15 PM trdproven yea i saw it, i was mentioning what could have bee... Jun 28, 2012 - 10:08 PM jordisonjr Damn so problem solved?
Howcome it only fell apart... Jun 28, 2012 - 11:09 PM trdproven maybe he reused the old bearing. IDK, old bearing... Jun 29, 2012 - 1:52 AM lagos QUOTE (jordisonjr @ Jun 29, 2012 - 12... Jun 29, 2012 - 8:18 AM |
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