Constant suspension knocking noise..
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Constant suspension knocking noise..
So, every time I leave my garage, go over a bump, go on a bad road, or even sometimes make a turn i hear this constant knocking / clunking noise. Seems like any time the car has a side-to-side motion, I get this noise.
The car has the Hotchkis front / rear sway bars, KYB struts and Eibach springs. The rear endlinks are aftermarket ... but i forget the name. I THINK they are SPL endlinks (they are orange.) The front endlinks are stock, never changed. This is a problem i've been having for the past few months, but i finally tried to find the source of the problem today, with no luck. The noise started after lowering the car, but not immediately... about a month later.
Anyone have any ideas? I checked all the bolts today, endlinks are tight, nothing is visibly loose or broken. I feel like it HAS to be something related to the sway bar / endlinks but at this point I just can't figure out what's causing it. I also can't even pinpoint it to the front or the rear, all i know is it's coming from the passenger side of the car.
The car has the Hotchkis front / rear sway bars, KYB struts and Eibach springs. The rear endlinks are aftermarket ... but i forget the name. I THINK they are SPL endlinks (they are orange.) The front endlinks are stock, never changed. This is a problem i've been having for the past few months, but i finally tried to find the source of the problem today, with no luck. The noise started after lowering the car, but not immediately... about a month later.
Anyone have any ideas? I checked all the bolts today, endlinks are tight, nothing is visibly loose or broken. I feel like it HAS to be something related to the sway bar / endlinks but at this point I just can't figure out what's causing it. I also can't even pinpoint it to the front or the rear, all i know is it's coming from the passenger side of the car.
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A few months ago, yea. That's a whole other problem though. The bars have been on since like 2010, so now the nipple things for adding grease are totally just clogged up, beyond repair. I have to detach the brackets and add grease that way.
I also read some other stuff online saying you're supposed to extend the front / rear endlinks to remove preload from the bar... I never did that, and mine are still stock length so maybe that could be causing a noise too?
I also read some other stuff online saying you're supposed to extend the front / rear endlinks to remove preload from the bar... I never did that, and mine are still stock length so maybe that could be causing a noise too?
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