Intrax installed, but have a noise question?

[jabartram]

Installed my intrax and kyb's today, all is good but, when sitting still and turning the springs are making a tong noise, the noise is consistant when moving the steering back and forth about 90 degrees, has anybody else had this problem? do the springs need to settle? the springs are set properly and the spring pads are in place.

and my strut tower braces rattle like hell!

[dopey]

umm...... make sure everything is tight. i cant stress this enuff. and no im not bein an asshole with i say this..... ive worked on numerous aleros with soundxtreme.. and we have forgotten to tighten stuff numerous times.

it sounds like in ur case the spring isnt seated properly on the bearing plate..... did u do the job urself????? if i were u id jsut take it all apart and reinstall it again..... and take ur time to make sure everything is snug.

but something is most likely jsut not seated properly.

[jabartram]

we had problems with one side on the front, i'm gonna put a new nut and washer set on, on monday, when i got my new struts one nut was missing from the boxes so i had to buy a different style so i bought 2 of them , and thanks for the info!

[StealthAlero]

Yeah i had the same problem when i first installed my SpringTech Springs, be sure to tighten those nuts down REAL GOOD.

[dopey]

btw....... i wouldnt attempt this job unless u have airtools. if u dont..... something is definatly loose

[3.4Alero]

/\ /\ Not necessarily sweet. I used air tools to take mine all apart, but didn't use any to put it back together. The best option is to have a good "click-type" torque wrench, and put everything back to exactly where it's supposed to be. Option two is use air tools and tighten those bitches down.

And then about a week or so after I did it, I rechecked every nut and bolt again with the torque wrench. Same as I do with my wheels.

[jabartram]

I'm a career diesel mechanic so tools arn't the problem, it just seems to be the one on the drivers side, I'll change out the nuts tomarrow at work and see if that helps, if not i'll have to wait till next weekend and pull them back out.

did you shim you front struts, the factory struts had a strange nut on them that had what would equal a spacer attached to them.

[dopey]

no...... ur kyb's shouldve came with brand new nutz. id call wherever u got them from or call kyb to get the correct nutz. gotta have the right nutz ... haha

[jabartram]

rechecked all my nuts and bolts all ok, springs are popping and sonds like bearing plates are grinding?

[dopey]

try having someone turn the wheel back and forth while someone else is lookin at the springs themselves...... if u see the spring moving itself...... not along with the strut..... its not seated correctly up top. or ur bearing plates might be shot too.

[wc_alero]

Mine also made a popping noise when they were installed, just for the first week. The guy told me that was normal. Is that not the case?

Everything seems fine now.

[sound_xtreme]

not seated right or bearing plates probably. could be soemthin loose but doubt it.

[dopey]

Originally posted by sound_xtreme@Mar 1 2004, 04:56 PM
not seated right or bearing plates probably. could be soemthin loose but doubt it.
thanks dipshet we covered that already :rolleyes:

[sound_xtreme]

well some people think you are a retard......so i gave my input on it. bitch. now stfu.

[b-spot]

:eek: trouble in paradise :eek:

[dopey]

<<<<< jsut got dealt with. haha..... shut up joel dont talk to me like that ull regret it.

[jabartram]

I'm gonna pull them and reset the springs and look for damage this saturday, thanks for all the help, i'll keep ya'll informed, if your interested

[dopey]

thats ur best bet...... let us know what happens