clunking niose after coil spring install
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Did you take the rubber part off the bottom of the perch on the old struts and transfer it to the new ones? (for the rear only)
back seat bottom is fairly easy to take off. two metal u shaped pieces come down on either side, take off the screws that are in them(two total) then kinda lift up and towards the front of the car.
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Originally posted by WRX34
I don't think he changed the struts so that shouldn't be the problem.
WRX34
I don't think he changed the struts so that shouldn't be the problem.
WRX34
I'm betting the hat is facing the wrong direction then. That's when mine clunked. Some people have had the large nut on the top work it's way loose also.
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I'm having the same issue right now with my replacement coilovers. I was able to fix one side by tightening the nut thats at the top of the strut. Tonight, I'll try the other side.
You should be able to see if that's the issue by jacking up the car, and lifting the wheel. If the wheel moves up and down and the plate on top and the mounting point on the wheel don't move, then its the strut that's going up and down (unless you're strong enough to compress your spring, which wasn't an issue for me).
Tightening the nut on top should hold everything in place. You may want to check the torque specs for that nut though.
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You should be able to see if that's the issue by jacking up the car, and lifting the wheel. If the wheel moves up and down and the plate on top and the mounting point on the wheel don't move, then its the strut that's going up and down (unless you're strong enough to compress your spring, which wasn't an issue for me).
Tightening the nut on top should hold everything in place. You may want to check the torque specs for that nut though.
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You may have to hold a piece under the car to get the nut to tighten down. Mine just kept spinning, without tightening anything.
I never got this to work completely (I did get some improvement). I guess one more night of taking that cap off won't kill me.
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I never got this to work completely (I did get some improvement). I guess one more night of taking that cap off won't kill me.
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This was the best way I found to get the nut tight. Tough to do on the rear though when it's installed on the car:
Some people have mentioned they like to use an impact tool to do this. I'm not sure if it's the same for the Subaru struts, but I've seen someone use one on a strut and it actually unscrewed the internal bottom part of the strut shaft. The shaft just came out in one whole part and the strut no good anymore.
Some people have mentioned they like to use an impact tool to do this. I'm not sure if it's the same for the Subaru struts, but I've seen someone use one on a strut and it actually unscrewed the internal bottom part of the strut shaft. The shaft just came out in one whole part and the strut no good anymore.
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do you have to remove the struts
to rotate the top seat 180 degrees? I have had the noise and been to two different shops and they say everything is tight and I still have that clunk but I know it is the rear strut seat now because I have killed myself checking everything else and this has to be the problem but I want to compress the spring with the spring compressors and rotate the seat without removing the struts is this possible? Thanks
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Just a thought but...
You can tighten the strut top typically when the suspension is loaded.
Also a clunking noise can be heard many times if the spring is not correctly in the perch. The coil should be butted up to the seat not away from it nor riding up it. Maybe take a look at this.
Do you still need the torque specs? As I can check in the factory manual and post whatever you need.
Good Luck.
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You can tighten the strut top typically when the suspension is loaded.
Also a clunking noise can be heard many times if the spring is not correctly in the perch. The coil should be butted up to the seat not away from it nor riding up it. Maybe take a look at this.
Do you still need the torque specs? As I can check in the factory manual and post whatever you need.
Good Luck.
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Peaty, I'm having a hell of a time trying to find one of those ratchets. Sears, Snap-On, and eBay have come up empty for me. Know where I can find one, preferably online?
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I got mine at Sears, I was there yesterday they still hae them.
http://www.sears.com/sr/product/summ...id=00930593000
http://www.sears.com/sr/product/summ...id=00930593000
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ok guys I think I narrowed it down, everything was tight. Now get this the past few days everything was ok no noise and the other day it was raining out and it was clunking all over again so I was gonna jack it up and take a look the next day nice and dry out, no noise again, and yesterday same thing rainy damp day more noise from the rear. And sure enough today was nice and dry, no noise. WHAT IN THE HE** is the problem this has got me baffled, only seems to make noise on rainy days, sounds crazy but thats the deal, WHAT NEXT. Thanks again everyone for all your help you gave me some great links and advice