Thoughts?
#1989 Corvette POS
main steppe
craggy salmon
Are you referring to the noise?
Sounds like a loose strut. Will have to put the car in the air and put your hand on everything
slate oriole
Thoughts?
Your car is a piece of shit haze
But check the struts and/or shocks/springs, control arms, etc could be any of them
main steppe
Your car is a piece of shit haze
Every problem I’ve had with it has been because of bad roads
slate oriole
Every problem I’ve had with it has been because of bad roads
It’s probably either struts, springs, or control arms
Only way to know is get under it
frigid junco
Haze - here is the test. Put the rear end in the air, then use a jack under the LCA to raise that wheel to about ride height. grab wheel at 3 and 9 oclock, check for play side to side. Do the same with hands at 12 and 6 oclock, checking for vertical play. You may also be able to reproduce the noise this way, which is ideal because then you can narrow it down from there. Does this car have the transverse leaf spring in the back?
main steppe
Haze - here is the test. Put the rear end in the air, then use a jack under the...
Nope it’s converted to coilovers
frigid junco
Cool!
Same test applies but good to know 👍
Mostly just means if a strut bearing is failing it could be an adventure finding the replacement, although I’m guessing whoever made the conversion is still in business
main steppe
I have super bad roads so it’s probably something loose (hopefully)
frigid junco
Yeah bad roads kill suspensions quickly, unfortunately
craggy salmon
Yeah bad roads kill suspensions quickly, unfortunately
I’ll take NYC for 500
craggy salmon
Yeah bad roads kill suspensions quickly, unfortunately
My pops has a 2019 Nissan Maxima SR. Only 40k miles and he has already had to do strut and strut assembly’s all around. All while living in NYC
frigid junco
Yikes. Thats quick. At least it’s an easy-ish job? Monroe quick struts or whatever brand is available, I’d hope relatively easy bolt in
craggy salmon
Yikes. Thats *quick*. At least it’s an easy-ish job? Monroe quick struts or w...
It’s a Nissan so yeah it’s pretty straight forward. In my experience Nissans are easy to work on. They were shot though.
main steppe
Mostly just means if a strut bearing is failing it could be an adventure finding...
I lifted it, it wasn’t making noise, so I put it back down to try and replicate the noise and now it won’t do it 😓
Left vs right I don’t see anything wrong
frigid junco
I’m sure it’s not, but these are not making contact correct?
I think it’s just the angle of the photo
But hey a self correcting problem is the best kind of problem 😂
frigid junco
I saw in the main chat, looks like this is a failing bearing
main steppe
@mental bay
main steppe
Metal rubbing on something moving, only every half turn of the wheel or sum
frigid junco
Dumb question - you checked the wheel lugs are tightened, correct?
frigid junco
Assuming the lugs are tight, I’m seeing either ball joint, control arm bushing, or wheel bearing. What play did you find, if any, when you did the test I mentioned above?