Rear Suspension Noise
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Rear Suspension Noise
Hey everyone,
I'm experiencing some clunking noise comming from the rear of my 1999 TL. You can hear it in the trunk, and it only happends when you drive over rough road.
Sometimes it sounds like wacking a full paint can.
Does anyone have any idea where I should look. I changed the sway bar end links about 2 years ago. I also changed all the struts about a year ago, all the mounts "looked" good at the time. I had some front end noise but that is all corrected now. I also have new tires due to bad tread beads which messed up my front end.
Thanks in advanced for your help!
I'm experiencing some clunking noise comming from the rear of my 1999 TL. You can hear it in the trunk, and it only happends when you drive over rough road.
Sometimes it sounds like wacking a full paint can.
Does anyone have any idea where I should look. I changed the sway bar end links about 2 years ago. I also changed all the struts about a year ago, all the mounts "looked" good at the time. I had some front end noise but that is all corrected now. I also have new tires due to bad tread beads which messed up my front end.
Thanks in advanced for your help!
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I agree- the rear sway bar end links are broken
replace 2 (both sides) with Moog brand end links- ck kragen/oreillys for them
The sway bar moving around now is the thumping noise
replace 2 (both sides) with Moog brand end links- ck kragen/oreillys for them
The sway bar moving around now is the thumping noise
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you can spray the rubber parts that you can see
make sure no shiny parts where 2 metal parts are touching in right condition
Ive had a sway bar hit the control arm before- just a little shiny spot finally made the diagnosis of a mystery thunk
make sure no shiny parts where 2 metal parts are touching in right condition
Ive had a sway bar hit the control arm before- just a little shiny spot finally made the diagnosis of a mystery thunk
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Hey, Thanks again for helping, I checked the heat sheild and all the exhaust parts. Nothing out of spec there.
I got an audio recording of the noise while I was driving around. I left the camera in the trunk and had it record the sound. I cut out all the quiet sections to shrink down the length.
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPY46-wmgto
Hopfully this can help you determine the issue.
Any sugesstions let me know. Thanks Again.
I got an audio recording of the noise while I was driving around. I left the camera in the trunk and had it record the sound. I cut out all the quiet sections to shrink down the length.
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPY46-wmgto
Hopfully this can help you determine the issue.
Any sugesstions let me know. Thanks Again.
Last edited by bensonchuong; 07-02-2010 at 01:08 AM.
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didnt watch the vid
Have you looked at the sway bar end links?
Have you looked at the sway bar end links?
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The upper mounts will not wear in a way that will cause a sound. Suspension related items could only really be a loose nut in the upper mount area, or a loose swaybar nut.
We are all only really able to guess.
Break out the 10mm socket and remove the rear seat. If you want to do more diagnosis the only way you are going to do it is have someone drive the car with you in the back seat or trunk. It sounds dumb, but I remember being a dealer apprentice and being stuffed into the trunk of a car with the seat folded to see if I could find where a noise was coming from. You need to do something more than wiggle parts in the driveway to really find the noise.
We are all only really able to guess.
Break out the 10mm socket and remove the rear seat. If you want to do more diagnosis the only way you are going to do it is have someone drive the car with you in the back seat or trunk. It sounds dumb, but I remember being a dealer apprentice and being stuffed into the trunk of a car with the seat folded to see if I could find where a noise was coming from. You need to do something more than wiggle parts in the driveway to really find the noise.
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Thanks for your reply!
Ya most the time it's thumping. Sometime there's clicks like at around 14 and 22 seconds in the sound file, i guess theres a larger hole in the road (probably a manhole) it goes thump and click click. There's a real bumpy section around 58 secs.
Ya most the time it's thumping. Sometime there's clicks like at around 14 and 22 seconds in the sound file, i guess theres a larger hole in the road (probably a manhole) it goes thump and click click. There's a real bumpy section around 58 secs.
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The upper mounts will not wear in a way that will cause a sound. Suspension related items could only really be a loose nut in the upper mount area, or a loose swaybar nut.
We are all only really able to guess.
Break out the 10mm socket and remove the rear seat. If you want to do more diagnosis the only way you are going to do it is have someone drive the car with you in the back seat or trunk. It sounds dumb, but I remember being a dealer apprentice and being stuffed into the trunk of a car with the seat folded to see if I could find where a noise was coming from. You need to do something more than wiggle parts in the driveway to really find the noise.
We are all only really able to guess.
Break out the 10mm socket and remove the rear seat. If you want to do more diagnosis the only way you are going to do it is have someone drive the car with you in the back seat or trunk. It sounds dumb, but I remember being a dealer apprentice and being stuffed into the trunk of a car with the seat folded to see if I could find where a noise was coming from. You need to do something more than wiggle parts in the driveway to really find the noise.
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very real possibility especially since the shocks have been worked on before, shit had a brand new nylock nut backed off on me before after a couple of months, on a front shock, but a little lock-tite fixed that though it has not since (and it was tight when first installed too)
no workie for me, but probably my computer though
no workie for me, but probably my computer though
I should be able to work on the car this week. Can you give me some tips on what to check. Is it possible for the ball joint on the top (upper arm??) to make noise like this.
Thanks for your help.
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I did go back and check the nuts and retighten them. Still hasn't helped. I can pm you the sound file if you like, let me know.
I should be able to work on the car this week. Can you give me some tips on what to check. Is it possible for the ball joint on the top (upper arm??) to make noise like this.
Thanks for your help.
I should be able to work on the car this week. Can you give me some tips on what to check. Is it possible for the ball joint on the top (upper arm??) to make noise like this.
Thanks for your help.
very possible
also as far as those moog ends, have they been greased recently??? (lack of greasing might have caused one to wear out prematurly, idk)
btw as far as that wave file, i just saved it instead of just clicking on it (btw f***ing fireworks lol), and it works now
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very possible
also as far as those moog ends, have they been greased recently??? (lack of greasing might have caused one to wear out prematurly, idk)
btw as far as that wave file, i just saved it instead of just clicking on it (btw f***ing fireworks lol), and it works now
also as far as those moog ends, have they been greased recently??? (lack of greasing might have caused one to wear out prematurly, idk)
btw as far as that wave file, i just saved it instead of just clicking on it (btw f***ing fireworks lol), and it works now
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first of all, you could have turned off your music... lol
then second, doable check those bushings that go into the the strut top (like the one sitting right under the nuts), one maybe starting to fall apart, which is only showing itself right now with rough roads, so some disassembly may be required, idk without actually being there (the file does help some though lol)
then second, doable check those bushings that go into the the strut top (like the one sitting right under the nuts), one maybe starting to fall apart, which is only showing itself right now with rough roads, so some disassembly may be required, idk without actually being there (the file does help some though lol)
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for no grease fittings (another thing grease does is purge the dirt out, which will kill a joint in short order)
then for the link i got it from
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=moog+endlinks
just saying i see grease joints on there...
(maybe they were never put in, and dirt went in that way cause of it not being sealed, idk; btw they normally don't come installed already and you have to put them in)
then for the link i got it from
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=moog+endlinks
just saying i see grease joints on there...
(maybe they were never put in, and dirt went in that way cause of it not being sealed, idk; btw they normally don't come installed already and you have to put them in)
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first of all, you could have turned off your music... lol
then second, doable check those bushings that go into the the strut top (like the one sitting right under the nuts), one maybe starting to fall apart, which is only showing itself right now with rough roads, so some disassembly may be required, idk without actually being there (the file does help some though lol)
then second, doable check those bushings that go into the the strut top (like the one sitting right under the nuts), one maybe starting to fall apart, which is only showing itself right now with rough roads, so some disassembly may be required, idk without actually being there (the file does help some though lol)
lol...Not my music, that's outside music lol, stupid loud cars. If anything I learnt the trunk is not sound proofed very well.
Thanks for the quick replies, I will check and let you know.
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for no grease fittings (another thing grease does is purge the dirt out, which will kill a joint in short order)
just saying i see grease joints on there...
(maybe they were never put in, and dirt went in that way cause of it not being sealed, idk; btw they normally don't come installed already and you have to put them in)
just saying i see grease joints on there...
(maybe they were never put in, and dirt went in that way cause of it not being sealed, idk; btw they normally don't come installed already and you have to put them in)
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for no grease fittings (another thing grease does is purge the dirt out, which will kill a joint in short order)
then for the link i got it from
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=moog+endlinks
just saying i see grease joints on there...
(maybe they were never put in, and dirt went in that way cause of it not being sealed, idk; btw they normally don't come installed already and you have to put them in)
then for the link i got it from
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=moog+endlinks
just saying i see grease joints on there...
(maybe they were never put in, and dirt went in that way cause of it not being sealed, idk; btw they normally don't come installed already and you have to put them in)
Man, lol these are disgusting.
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I always jack with the jack point tabs under the doors, right at the bottom of the wheel well.
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then the front, i would say try and jack it up underneth the crossmember, and when you put jackstands under it, put them under the framerails themselves, those little tabs bend very easy especially up front, with the weight of the engine on them
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