Steeda Sway and G-Trac Bars Issue

I just had my Steeda Sway Bars and G-Trac Bar installed by a professional shop and now while driving the car is squeaking plus there is rattle on the passenger side.

Anyone else experience this? if so, please let me know what needs to be done.


Thank you.

First action should have been to bring it back to the shop to double check the install.

Second action would be to call Steeda directly.


Posting on the forum before those two actions will only make the process take longer.

Thank you for the input. I contacted the shop prior to posting just waiting for them to get me back in. In the meantime, I contacted Steeda and they stated it's usually caused by not putting enough or the grease provided with the items....that probably explains it:-)

Sounds like they left something loose during install.

Terminator2 said:

Sounds like they left something loose during install.

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Really?


...you're genius knows NO bounds.

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Did you ever find out what was causing the noises?

I'm having the same rattle coming from the front passenger side and the squeaking as well. It happened after I got the Steeda shocks, struts, swaybars, and BMR lockout kit (CB005) installed by a shop. I think the cause might be the sway bars that weren't properly greased and/or torqued to spec. I plan on getting under my car this weekend to see if I can fix it myself, otherwise I'll be taken my car back to the shop.

If you install larger factory sway bars, do they need to be greased as there are no zirc grease fittings. So...what do you do?

Thanks

CVCashmere

CVCashmere said:

If you install larger factory sway bars, do they need to be greased as there are no zirc grease fittings. So...what do you do?

Thanks

CVCashmere

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Grease is applied to the inside of the bushings prior to installation. At least that is what I have done when installing sway bars in the past. My guess would be the shop could have overlooked that part which would explain the squeak. Not sure about the rattle. It could be that the knocked out the metal slag to attach the G- trac brace and it got left inside the sub frame.

VinnAY said:

Really?


...you're genius knows NO bounds.

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dubster99 said:

*your

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My Steeda bars have grease fittings on the retainers.

When I install sway bars for people (which has been like... twice, haha), I coat the living crap out of the contact points. I coat the bar, then the rubber, then the outside of the rubber, then the inside of the metal retainer. No mercy.

Is the rattle coming from the front or the rear?

dubster99 said:

*your

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wildcatgoal said:

My Steeda bars have grease fittings on the retainers.

When I install sway bars for people (which has been like... twice, haha), I coat the living crap out of the contact points. I coat the bar, then the rubber, then the outside of the rubber, then the inside of the metal retainer. No mercy.

Is the rattle coming from the front or the rear?

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The rattle is coming from the front passenger side when I drive over bumpy pavement.

I think I might just go back to the shop and ask that they grease the sway bar bushings then.