jmeiers
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Hey, you could try it how I explained in the previous post above on how I resolved my clicking. I put the car on race ramps so suspension was loaded (understand this should be unnecessary since it is a bearing). I backed off the front RLCA bolt until I could see space between the frame ear and the closest spacer to the bolt head. I then tightened it back up until the all the space was removed. No more and no less. No more clicking/popping and no more bounce.Ok.. Just returned home from a week-long backpacking trip and after my previous post where I stated that I only had the binding/bouncy ride issues, I can say that my bearings are now creaking/clicking.
As I mentioned previously, I slightly reduced the clamping load by backing off the front lower control arm bolt about 1/8th of a turn or so. This cured the bouncy ride and all seemed to be just fine. After a week of sitting in the garage, the car now exhibits a clicking sound with just a slight amount of movement in the chassis. I put the car up on ramps and can 100% isolate the sound to the right rear BK055 bearing most of the time. I can induce the sound at will on both, but the right bearing is much more "vocal". I can even feel the clicking in the bearing as weight is put into the chassis. Something is off.
I called BMR and spoke with Dion. The next step is going to be to yank things and take some measurements.
He gave me the following, which may help out others who are having issues. He gave me some measurements which he indicated should tell whether something is amiss or not..
The slot/opening width where the bushing/bearing fits into the subframe: 1.13"
Total width of misalignment spacer: 1.28"
- Larger OD portion should be: 0.51" wide
- Smaller OD portion (which fits into the ball): 0.675"
OD of the misalignment spacer (where it fits into the ball): 0.65"
*Edit* Interesting to note that he stated the total width of the misalignment spacer is 1.28" when the widths of each individual portion equal 1.185"..
@BMR Tech
I am pretty sure the root cause is the spacers are too long just as Kelly had explained earlier. I'm in the middle of a house move so I don't have time to mess with it probably for another month. I do plan to pull the control arm back out and machine the spacers short enough so they have no chance of touching once the bolt is fully torqued back to 166 ft/lbs.
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