clicking noise when turning wheel?
#1
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Holmdel, NJ --Exit 114
Posts: 4,235
clicking noise when turning wheel?
I installed Ksport coilovers a week ago (waiting on a pair of ingalls camber bolts now) and when I am stationary, if I turn the wheel left or right I hear a weird clicking noise from the front. Could it be the axle? Endlinks? Is it going to destroy my car?
#3
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Holmdel, NJ --Exit 114
Posts: 4,235
it's not in the full rotation, I'd say out of 1.5 turns it's in the first full turn. Sounds like a creaking click. Like something is pulling to the breaking point. I'll check my endlinks but I was messing around yesterday and they were tight.
#11
Is your end links length adjustable if it is make sure your anti roll bar is in a neutral position and not whacking anything.
#14
i had the same problem when i had first installed my pro-c's. i put a washer between the endlinks and sway bar then retightened everything. while i had the wheel off i went ahead and adjusted the spring preload - added some tension.
when the wheels were back on and i went for a test run,the noise was gone
when the wheels were back on and i went for a test run,the noise was gone
#16
yah, i agree with chaaree's suggestion on adding preload on your
suspension and shimming up the endlink ends if they are loose.
also note that the entire strut turns when you turn the
steering wheel...so if there's a clicky spring to spring seat/
top hat it would make some noise. if that's where the problem
is occurring, try some white lithium grease spray at the top
and bottom of the springs and see if that helps.
suspension and shimming up the endlink ends if they are loose.
also note that the entire strut turns when you turn the
steering wheel...so if there's a clicky spring to spring seat/
top hat it would make some noise. if that's where the problem
is occurring, try some white lithium grease spray at the top
and bottom of the springs and see if that helps.
#17
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Holmdel, NJ --Exit 114
Posts: 4,235
I wish I knew more about suspension. My spring preload is as tight as humanly possible lol. I think that's why bumps hurt so much (stiff). I tightened down the endlink adjuster (the black piece that spins up or down so you can get the endlink bolt through the hole) so it has no play in it. The noise is gone. Just need to do something about spring preload, and get my camber bolts because the left side is negative as hell and the right is way positive, so the car rides weird and pulls hard to the right lol
#19
I wish I knew more about suspension. My spring preload is as tight as humanly possible lol. I think that's why bumps hurt so much (stiff). I tightened down the endlink adjuster (the black piece that spins up or down so you can get the endlink bolt through the hole) so it has no play in it. The noise is gone. Just need to do something about spring preload, and get my camber bolts because the left side is negative as hell and the right is way positive, so the car rides weird and pulls hard to the right lol
i don't know what the ksport coilovers are like but the pro-c's have an oval bolt hole (don't know the technical term for it) that allows a little bit of camber adjustment. if yours are the same, just loosen up the bolts then push the top of the (edit) brake rotor inward while pulling the bottom outward and have someone tighten the bolts down again.
i did this when i tried to fit some 17s (17x7 +45) but i still rubbed hard. i got lazy when i put my sport stockers back on but left the camber
Last edited by GD3_Wagoon; 03-03-2009 at 06:45 PM. Reason: wrong terminology