Creaky coilovers. Help?
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Creaky coilovers. Help?
My front two Ksport coilovers creak like an old rocking chair everytime I turn my steering wheel back and forth, especially when turning it slowly. There's only about 20 thousand miles on them, and I live in the south so rust isn't an issue, so I dont know why they're doing this. It's getting very irritating, not to mention embarrasing. Any suggestions on how or what to lubricate them with? Thanks for the help.
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You need to replace your strut bearings there about 40 bucks a pop and your going to need some spring compressors. i had the same problem when i got about half life in my suspension setup. Nissan strut bearings suck, and there are really aren't better ones out there
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My front two Ksport coilovers creak like an old rocking chair everytime I turn my steering wheel back and forth, especially when turning it slowly. There's only about 20 thousand miles on them, and I live in the south so rust isn't an issue, so I dont know why they're doing this. It's getting very irritating, not to mention embarrasing. Any suggestions on how or what to lubricate them with? Thanks for the help.
You have a few options. For the pillow ball joint, you can try using some lubricant like WD40, but something like White Lithium Grease (the aerosolized version) or Aerokroil would work best.
If it is the Strut Collar, then you have two options. The permanent solution would be to modify the collar to make it "lock" onto the threaded strut housing. In other words you do something along these lines:
![](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/MOHFpro90/My%20car/th_100_6388.jpg)
![](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/MOHFpro90/My%20car/th_100_6389.jpg)
![](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/MOHFpro90/My%20car/th_100_6395.jpg)
The screws simply clamp down onto the housing, and it does not budge. At all.
The other viable alternative, but not so permanent solution is to simply clean the threads of the housing, put some thread lock on them, and tight down the collar as tight as you can get it to go.
Hope that helps!
Ksports... are not struts and springs. They're coilovers. The method you're referring to is for strut/springs.
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