chrismeoli

Mostly just venting but if somebody has an idea........
So as the title says I still have a clanging metal noise going over bumps! I have pretty much changed every front end suspension part over the last 6 months. First I did 2 new struts. a month later new tie rod ends, then upper control arms with ball joints, a few weeks later i did new sway bar links and just yesterday i brought my steering knuckles to pepboys and had two new lower ball joints inserted. Put it all back together, took the car for a spin and still have this metal banging sound going over bumps on the passenger side. I dont get it, what else is there....

MurdaZ

iTrader: (1)

mmmmmmm u basically changed every component...dont know what to say, only thing that i would do is to retighten everything and see if thats the prob

fsttyms1

Motor mount, the top hat bushings to the shocks

acutee

x2 on Top Hat Bushing on the shock.

chrismeoli

good thinking , I thought about the top hats for the shocks, are they available at a local auto parts store? In fact I would like to think your right on, beacuse it does sound like it is up high, as if more under the hood thah under wheel well area.
So, to make sure I am understanding we are talking about the same parts - these are the pieces that screw on to the new struts and hold the springs with it right?

korrupted

Is it coming from the front end or maybe the middle? Maybe a loose cat. heat shield?

chrismeoli

front end, sounds like right under the hood on the passenger side wheel area. I think the guys might be right with thinking top hat for shock/spring

chrismeoli

or is this just the bushings that come with new struts?

LIPPSTUH

iTrader: (2)

cv joints?

chrismeoli

cv joints are cool, just checked them when i had the knuckles off for the lowers. it sunds like it is up high, under the hood

fsttyms1

its the rubber bushings that the top part of the shock goes thru on the metal plate that holds the spring.

Can you get it to duplicate buy bouncing up and down on the car? maybe with the hood open to listen better??

chrismeoli

no i cant duplicate it by bouncing, only "good" bumps. But i think that is it. Can you buy the bushings seperate or do i just buy the whole plate new?

chrismeoli

you wouldnt have a diagram of the part would you, thank you by the way...

fsttyms1

you can buy them real cheap from the dealer

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front shock
http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/...catdisplay.jsp

fsttyms1

Also make sure all the parts are put in properly and not missed or backwards.

chrismeoli

thanks , its hard to tell form the diagram but i wonder if all those littlr parts on the far left diagram are installed the right way. My KYB struts came with all those new when i got them

chrismeoli

so #13 sits inside the 2 #4's?

TLsMD

do you have a cold air intake?

If you do it could be on the drivers side where the intake sits and its not tight (the bolt)???

just a thought..

fsttyms1

Yes thats just a metal sleeve.

chrismeoli

thanks, i need to look at those parts then, unfortunalely that means renting a strut spring compressor again and pulling it apart. i think it might be that though. I just want everything right, lately i have been on a mission to make my car like new again and fall in love all over!
its depressing to do all that work and take aride and still have a noise. I wonder if i should replace the top hats as well while i am there? Those parts just sit right on top of the strut correct?
Thanks again!

fsttyms1

they are just what the spring sits on and the bolts holds them inplace.

Has the sound gotten any different or gone away at all during all this just to come back? Have you inspected the motor mounts?

chrismeoli

i have not insoected motor mounts, prob need to be done by now anyway, i have 140,000 miles on her. but the noise sounds like it is high up in engine bay, right where struts connect to the car, so i am thinking you are right on. the noise has not gotten any worse or better, i only hear it on harsh bumps, just a loose metal clang kind of noise.

fsttyms1

I would then take apart the strut and spring and replace those parts (they are cheap enough. (ive actually got a set im planning on replacing on mine as they are still original) Make sure all the parts are in the correct order and there.

chrismeoli

thank you! this weekends project now.

chrismeoli

Ok last question! I looked under my hood and noticed something, I dont know if this is enough for the clanking or not but part #5 in the diagram is missing 2 nuts on it, it looks like they stripped off of the bolts under the hood, NOW the rest of them are very tight. Is this enough to make the noise i am hearing??? Starting to go nuts now,