megan coilover noises
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megan coilover noises
alright so i im hearing noises coming from my suspension. It sounds very similar to the sound of the springs settling if that makes any sense. Now i have heard that it was the ride height adjusters, so i took all the wheels off and tightened all of the adjusters. Now 3 weeks later the sound is back and louder than ever. Could i have tightened them improperly? Are my camber plate bolts loose? Is it because of the cold weather? Maybe a malfunction of the actual coilover itself? Thanks for your help.
#3
The sound is the spring shifting around when you turn the wheel.
Jack up the car.... loosen the preload coupler ... this is the one that the spring sits on. Once loose, apply grease to both ends of spring and the area where the srping rests on the suspension. Then retighten the preload coupler but don't make it as tight as it originally was. With the suspension unloaded and car jacked up set the preload for the spring to have a little wiggle room. With the coupler tight you should still be able to easily spin the spring with your bare hand.
Dropping the car back down will take up that slack. The grease will help prevent the spring from binding. The noise should go away.
Once you have everything set the way you want it, you may want to put some lock-tight on those couplers to prevent them from coming loose on their own.
Jack up the car.... loosen the preload coupler ... this is the one that the spring sits on. Once loose, apply grease to both ends of spring and the area where the srping rests on the suspension. Then retighten the preload coupler but don't make it as tight as it originally was. With the suspension unloaded and car jacked up set the preload for the spring to have a little wiggle room. With the coupler tight you should still be able to easily spin the spring with your bare hand.
Dropping the car back down will take up that slack. The grease will help prevent the spring from binding. The noise should go away.
Once you have everything set the way you want it, you may want to put some lock-tight on those couplers to prevent them from coming loose on their own.
#5
Make sure you have not changed the preload set from the factory. If so, readjust the preload as instructed here. Also, I do think creaks and noises are louder in the cold months. At least I notice it.
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Putting some sort of lubricant or low friction material between the end coils and the spring perch and upper mount will allow them to rotate during compression and extension, and while the shock articulates. Otherwise, it's just metal (aluminum) against powder-coated metal, which in some cases can quickly become bare metal which inevitably becomes rusted metal.
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Jack up the car.... loosen the preload coupler ... this is the one that the spring sits on. Once loose, apply grease to both ends of spring and the area where the srping rests on the suspension. Then retighten the preload coupler but don't make it as tight as it originally was. With the suspension unloaded and car jacked up set the preload for the spring to have a little wiggle room. With the coupler tight you should still be able to easily spin the spring with your bare hand.
Dropping the car back down will take up that slack. The grease will help prevent the spring from binding. The noise should go away.
Once you have everything set the way you want it, you may want to put some lock-tight on those couplers to prevent them from coming loose on their own.
Dropping the car back down will take up that slack. The grease will help prevent the spring from binding. The noise should go away.
Once you have everything set the way you want it, you may want to put some lock-tight on those couplers to prevent them from coming loose on their own.