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Old May 29, 2008 | 11:34 AM
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squeaking in the rear suspension

I switched to a Tokico/Tein setup a bit over a year ago and absolutely love it, the only problem is (and I think this is the culprit) is that the gaskets that went between the strut mount and the mounting point were basically paper-thin, hard, and brittle, and nearly gone to boot. Now my rear suspension has some squeaking going on. I've made sure the bolts are tight and they are, so it has to be something else. I'm really not worried about my suspension falling off or anything, but it's really, really annoying, anyone have any input to what this might be?

I'll be changing the brakes and sway bar soon, but I'm extremely doubtful either of those have anything to do with it.

BTW, the suspension only squeaks over bumps and on not perfect roads, if that helps at all
Old May 29, 2008 | 01:32 PM
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Get some new gaskets. This is your problem. The squeaking you hear is the upper strut mount rubbing against the metal of your chassis. O and btw, the harder you tighten the struts the louder it squeaks
Old May 29, 2008 | 03:34 PM
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cool, that's what I figured it was.
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