zliminator Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 my rear coilovers are making a terrible racket when I go over bumps. Its sound like clanging; like somethings loose. Has anyone experienced this? zliminator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 The only noise my coilovers have ever made was one time when I set the car down the spring didn't settle on the seat correctly. It made one loud BONG! noise when it did settle. You should check to make sure that the spring is sitting on the threaded adjuster and the top hat correctly. Other than that there isn't much to make noise. If your spring did fall off of the top hat, when you put it back in you can zip tie or safety wire the spring in there next time. There are holes in the top hat to do this with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruxGNZ Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Did you make sure that the strut insert is snug inside the strut tube? I had that problem when the washers I used on the bottom of the insert became concave and the strut insert was moving up and down inside the assembly making a lot of noise. Took off the gland nut, pulled the insert out, dropped another washer down into the strut tube and tightened the gland nut. No more noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 I have Ground Control coil overs on my car and what I have run across a couple of times is the nut that connects the strut insert to the camber plate will sometimes back off a little (since the shaft in the insert spins you can not tighten the nut up very much) when that happens I start to get noise from the top of whichever coil over it is that loosened up. Go around the car and check all of them, by the time they start to make noise they are fairly loose. Dragonfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom'sZ Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Check to make sure the gland nut is tight. You can't really tell unless you take the spring pressure off the strut. Drop it out from the top (one nut) and use a giant channel locks to tighten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katman Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Gland nut first. Then, if your camber plate setup uses a spherical bearing to center the shock check for slop there- shock loads hammer the liners out of most spherical bearings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zliminator Posted May 16, 2006 Author Share Posted May 16, 2006 but I'm not really too clear on what all those terms mean until maybe I can drop the coilover. I don't think I need spring compressors. I will post some pics as soon as I can get my cam working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Gland nut was alway my problem as well. It's the large nut (about 2 1/2" across) at the top of the strut housing that tightens down on the insert keeping it firmly in place withing the housing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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