Hi All,

I recently installed new aftermarket springs in my Max. On the front two springs I forgot to put that foamy spring covering on the bottom of the spring from the old stock ones. The springs just sit directly on the strut seating. When I turn when stationery, i sometimes here the springs shifting on the strut seating. I'm just wondering if I should maybe compress them and put the seating back on again. My concern is the springs may be grinding away at the strut seating.. any ideas guys?

Cheers.

 

They won't really grind away at the spring perch, the isolators just prevent all that noise from occurring.

 

that happened to me once, it wont stop clicking until you re-seat the spring correctly.

 

ya, mine make noises like that also. I have driven for almost a year like that with no problem accept your car sounds like **** when you make tight turns

 

yep mine was noise as hell till I reseated them back in .

 

yeah, looks like its a common prob. Problem is i threw out the isolators. Cheers to pmohr for the correct term for those spongie things - isolators. I'm sure my local suspension shop will have some. Theyre probably a generic thing.

Cheers for the responses guys

 

if the spring is binding the strut bearing is worn out and needs to be regreased or replaced.

 

Another vote for strut bearing.
Jae

 

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Most likely you don't have ther springs clocked correctly or the bearings are worn out. These, more than not having isolators, are your likely culprits.

You can make new isolators with cable wrap from Radio Shack, but it is not as good as OEM wrap.

 

cheers guys. i'll check that out