Spring noise update - found the source!!!!
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Originally posted by Lime
not too hard, but you may have to use a spring compressor.... Jack up the car, unbolt the top/bottom bolts. The top I think are 2 12 mm in the rear, and the bottom is some huuuuggggeee thing. My chilton's isn't here. For the front, get the metric equivalent of 7/8 for the top bolts if you have a 97+ with the rounded nut things, otherwise it's a different bolt size...well...anyway, compress the springs and release the tension, then take the strut apart (make sure number the parts, and also label the orientation of top/bottom if you don't have a complete strut assembly to look at!!!). Wrap the whatever-you-use around the springs' tops and bottoms. Put stuff back together. Bolt in struts. Put car on ground. Torque struts. Test drive.
Bet you thought a gurl wouldn't post this.
not too hard, but you may have to use a spring compressor.... Jack up the car, unbolt the top/bottom bolts. The top I think are 2 12 mm in the rear, and the bottom is some huuuuggggeee thing. My chilton's isn't here. For the front, get the metric equivalent of 7/8 for the top bolts if you have a 97+ with the rounded nut things, otherwise it's a different bolt size...well...anyway, compress the springs and release the tension, then take the strut apart (make sure number the parts, and also label the orientation of top/bottom if you don't have a complete strut assembly to look at!!!). Wrap the whatever-you-use around the springs' tops and bottoms. Put stuff back together. Bolt in struts. Put car on ground. Torque struts. Test drive.
Bet you thought a gurl wouldn't post this.
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heh...well that was pretty generalized.
hah...I don't really care about what certain people who have been kicked off this board before say, actually...so ah...yeah...I am just here to enjoy my car and stuff.
hah...I don't really care about what certain people who have been kicked off this board before say, actually...so ah...yeah...I am just here to enjoy my car and stuff.
Originally posted by njmaxseltd
If you have H&Rs you dont' need a spring compressor to take them apart.
If you have H&Rs you dont' need a spring compressor to take them apart.
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Ok I did it this weekend … The gray sleeve that was on the bottom of the spring was torn. I saw it was where it was making metal to metal contact. So I place the rubber hose on the spring where it was making contact. Well I still hear it not as bad as before but its still there, but now I am hearing squealing noise from the hose. this is driving my nuts. What next?"
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Originally posted by Lime
a squealing??? are you shure it's from the hose? I wrapped the first 3.5 coils, then put a bit of the hose at the very end of the springs...no noises.
a squealing??? are you shure it's from the hose? I wrapped the first 3.5 coils, then put a bit of the hose at the very end of the springs...no noises.
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Originally posted by Lime
a squealing??? are you shure it's from the hose? I wrapped the first 3.5 coils, then put a bit of the hose at the very end of the springs...no noises.
a squealing??? are you shure it's from the hose? I wrapped the first 3.5 coils, then put a bit of the hose at the very end of the springs...no noises.
Its sound like when you have a bad strut, And the noise is not 100% gone.
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Originally posted by njmaxseltd
Ms. Lime girl, are you coming to the Woodbury commons meet? I want to see exctly how you wrapped your coils. Like I said earlier the vinyl I used makes some noise when it's cold outside. Other then that, I'm pretty quiet now too. But I'm not going to stop screwing around until I get silence all the time!!!!
Ms. Lime girl, are you coming to the Woodbury commons meet? I want to see exctly how you wrapped your coils. Like I said earlier the vinyl I used makes some noise when it's cold outside. Other then that, I'm pretty quiet now too. But I'm not going to stop screwing around until I get silence all the time!!!!
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Originally posted by medicsonic
What caravan?
What caravan?
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Re: STICKY!!!
Originally posted by Lime
We need to make this a sticky!
Here's a picture of my wire-wrapped H&R's on the rear over the tokicos.
We need to make this a sticky!
Here's a picture of my wire-wrapped H&R's on the rear over the tokicos.
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You want a sticky? I'll give you a sticky! However, there's a lot of "other stuff" in this thread and since I'm unlowered, I'm completely lost. So, someone start a new thread with JUST THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION and I'll make it a sticky.
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Re: Re: STICKY!!!
Originally posted by VQdriver
am i going insane here? i know i have eibachs, but i was told to have the progressive part of the springs on the bottom! can someone please finalize this with me? the word EIBACH is right side up and the progressive coils are on the bottom. so many people have them "upsidedown" or so i think. oh, i think i'm going to replace some of the rubber parts that isolate the shaft on the rebound. that's the only other thing i can think of. i've spent too much $ already, but it must be done and it will!
am i going insane here? i know i have eibachs, but i was told to have the progressive part of the springs on the bottom! can someone please finalize this with me? the word EIBACH is right side up and the progressive coils are on the bottom. so many people have them "upsidedown" or so i think. oh, i think i'm going to replace some of the rubber parts that isolate the shaft on the rebound. that's the only other thing i can think of. i've spent too much $ already, but it must be done and it will!
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