Hopefully someone here can point me into the right direction...my car is making a creaking/popping noise, now it does it when i go over bumps, accelerate or brake in a straight line, turning, everything. At first i thought it was strut mounts, well i replaced the mounts with pre 2k mounts and it still does it, im on gr-2's/goldlines...any ideas...
nwcavi wrote:im on gr-2's/goldlines...any ideas...
There's your first problem. Could also be a wheel bearing.
Zach wrote:nwcavi wrote:im on gr-2's/goldlines...any ideas...
There's your first problem. Could also be a wheel bearing.
a wheel bearing would allow the wheel to move back and forth wouldnt it? and i havent heard a wheel bearing make a creaking noise, usually its more of a humming...and im ordering tokico's this week, so the gr-2's will be takin care of
Typically a wheel bearing makes a humming sound, but I have heard mine make all kinds of weird noises when they break (I've been though about 6 wheel bearings in the past couple years).
I just noticed you have a rear swaybar installed. If the bushings aren't greased they can making a poping/clunk type noise over bumps and while turning. Not sure what could be causing the noise while braking/accelerating though.
Also, when you say tokico's, I hope your referring to the D-specs and not the HP's.
Zach wrote:Typically a wheel bearing makes a humming sound, but I have heard mine make all kinds of weird noises when they break (I've been though about 6 wheel bearings in the past couple years).
I just noticed you have a rear swaybar installed. If the bushings aren't greased they can making a poping/clunk type noise over bumps and while turning. Not sure what could be causing the noise while braking/accelerating though.
Also, when you say tokico's, I hope your referring to the D-specs and not the HP's.
yea the noise started before the rear sway bar went on, yes im talking about D-Specs. As for the wheel bearing, i suppose ill tear it back apart today and see if thats what it is, but if not..what else could it be, im starting to belive its a control arm busing, or the whole control arm is moving a little bit, causeing the popping when accel/decel
also i thought it could be the front strut bar stressing somehow, and so i took it off, still does it, so its not that either
When was the last lube job?
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Check your front swaybar endlinks and bushings. It was a noise source on my g/f's 97 Sunfire SE coupe. Over any bumps and some road irregularities, they made a nice irritating errr-errr errr-errr
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my car makes this noise also but i have no stock swaybar!
well the car only has 10,000 miles on it, its an 05, but its going in on monday to get checked out, and im going to assume they will lube everything up, when the car had around 2500 miles it was in a front end collision and bent the suspension crossmember aka subframe and also the control arm, i replaced the control arm myself from a 97, and im starting to think that is the problem, but the collision center said they will go ahead and replace the old control arm for free. So im hoping this is the problem, but i will keep everyone updated.
So far checked/replaced that hasnt been the problem:
Struts
Springs
Strut Mounts
Removed Strut Bar
Left To Check:
sway bar/end link bushings
control arm/bushings
