gqneon
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I installed the BMR SP088/089 springs, Viking crusaders and BMR mounts - and I'm getting a near constant rattling from the right rear shock area at low speed and especially if there's uneven pavement. I'm just test driving the car so when I heard it I put it back in the garage. I pulled the right rear wheel and the jam nut and small washer beneath it were able to move. I think I need to crank down the spherical end bearing farther but don't have a way to torque it further as there's no obvious way to keep the shaft from rotating when I try.
Anyway I torqued the nut down again so it and the washer didn't move but the noise was still present - I didn't have any more time to mess with it so I don't know if it loosened back up in 50 feet of driving but I doubt it. No squeaks - and the driver side doesn't seem to do anything like it at all. You can hear the shock valving clearly with bumps etc but it doesn't bother me at all.
To me it sounds like something's clearly loose - but other than what I noted, everything's torqued to spec after preloading suspension.
Thoughts? Thanks!
There are other threads about rattles/squeals/etc - but here's a video of the sounds mine makes from the passenger rear since I didn't find one like it.
Anyway I torqued the nut down again so it and the washer didn't move but the noise was still present - I didn't have any more time to mess with it so I don't know if it loosened back up in 50 feet of driving but I doubt it. No squeaks - and the driver side doesn't seem to do anything like it at all. You can hear the shock valving clearly with bumps etc but it doesn't bother me at all.
To me it sounds like something's clearly loose - but other than what I noted, everything's torqued to spec after preloading suspension.
Thoughts? Thanks!
There are other threads about rattles/squeals/etc - but here's a video of the sounds mine makes from the passenger rear since I didn't find one like it.
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