Author Topic: Rear coilovers creaking sound  (Read 1063 times)

Offline dubpirate

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Rear coilovers creaking sound
« on: 04 January 2013, 12:53 »
Ok so you have seen how low my mk3 was on the rear about 20mm from Morton of threads

So a couple of days ago I lifted it about 1.5 inch both sides on the thread

Not it has developed a creaking groaning sound when it's bumpy up and down

Any ideas peeps cheers dan

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Re: Rear coilovers creaking sound
« Reply #1 on: 04 January 2013, 12:56 »
They are only 5 month old

And it rode mint before no noises no catching

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Re: Rear coilovers creaking sound
« Reply #2 on: 04 January 2013, 13:02 »
I had this on my Mk2. It was the plate between the main spring and helper spring. I used to spray mine with WD40 and it'd get rid of the sound for a while. You could try a thicker grease.

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Re: Rear coilovers creaking sound
« Reply #3 on: 04 January 2013, 13:45 »
Or try new top mounts they can get noisy over time as they dry out.

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Re: Rear coilovers creaking sound
« Reply #4 on: 04 January 2013, 16:18 »
I also think top mounts.

When I changed my fronts I also lowered the coil overs another 15mm bottom of threads. Expecting it to be proper low when infact it was prob 5mm higher due to the old mounts fcuked

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