USMCtoARMY
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Man the past two days have been a whirlwind...Finished the front end: swaybar, rotors, brake pads, painted calipers, etc. Also, did the spoiler.
Buttoned her up and was ready to test drive. On the test drive...que audio *clunk, rattle, screech*. Back on the ramp I went.
Pretty much knew what the sources of the sounds were based on the experience I have with these parts and the car. First issue, completely forgot to check the dust shields since I upgraded rotors, but not the shields themselves. Checked them and pulled them off the rotors at the pinch point. Easy fix. Screech gone.
The clunk. I was certain it was the differential bushings given where I heard the source. Yep, sure as heck was one bolt slightly loose. Tightened up and done.
Now, the rattle was a different story. Tried replicating suspension movements with hand test, spud bar, etc. I was convinced at the time it was in the driver side shock mounting hardware. Specifically, the shock mount. After retorquing every bolt and finding no fix, I thought new shock mounts it is....but literally as I am walking out the shop to call it for the day the builder I am working with did one more trunk push with the car under load and I went down under the car because it seemed I heard it from a different point. Second push down on back and I spotted a loose nut on lower shock mounting point. Tightened it up and all was good!
Buttoned her up and was ready to test drive. On the test drive...que audio *clunk, rattle, screech*. Back on the ramp I went.
Pretty much knew what the sources of the sounds were based on the experience I have with these parts and the car. First issue, completely forgot to check the dust shields since I upgraded rotors, but not the shields themselves. Checked them and pulled them off the rotors at the pinch point. Easy fix. Screech gone.
The clunk. I was certain it was the differential bushings given where I heard the source. Yep, sure as heck was one bolt slightly loose. Tightened up and done.
Now, the rattle was a different story. Tried replicating suspension movements with hand test, spud bar, etc. I was convinced at the time it was in the driver side shock mounting hardware. Specifically, the shock mount. After retorquing every bolt and finding no fix, I thought new shock mounts it is....but literally as I am walking out the shop to call it for the day the builder I am working with did one more trunk push with the car under load and I went down under the car because it seemed I heard it from a different point. Second push down on back and I spotted a loose nut on lower shock mounting point. Tightened it up and all was good!
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