Hey, i got my FSTB installed the other week, and I dont know if this is normal, but i can hear it sorta rubbing against the hood. Like when im slowly starting off... is that ok? or is somethign wrong? I got the VIBRANT one.
thanks

 

Mine does that too. I only hear the vibration when I am idling and in park. In drive, no problems.

 

I'm kind of curious about that also. I believe I heard it rub something yesterday. Since I had my music up, I really couldn't tell. But I'm going to listen for it again. Can someone tell me if this is good or bad?

K

 

It's the hose off the AC compressor rubbing the brace. Look to at the passenger side of the engine compartment. You'll see a hose attached to a metal pipe just to the inside of the strut housing. What happens is when the engine moves in it's cradle, it's rubs the strut tower. To fix the problem, simply bend the pipe down a little to give clearance.


Dave

 

I bought a VIBRANT FSTB too. Everything fine for about a month and just jesterday keep hearing a sqeaking sound whenever I shifted gears. It was driving me crazy! Finally found the culprit. A rubber hose coming from a round plastic cylinder thing near the strut bar. It was underneath it and touching the FSTB. Rubber on alluminum. Whenever I had it in gear and shifting the engine would move and the rubber would rub on the FSTB. Took some clear wrapping tape and wound it around the rubber hose. Also took a small piece and put it on the underside of the FSTB where both touched. No more sqeaks Course I dropped one of the bolts that hold the bracket on that plastic cylinder gizmo. It still has one holding the bracket so no worries and I'll see about a replacement but the thing that gets me is I lost it and it fell down through the engine compartment. Never did come out on the ground. Well, everthing is ok.
Cheers