cobalt squeek front passenger side when turning

sirricealot · Post by **sirricealot** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:07 am

andyjt;283320 wrote:The P/S is electric.

yeah i highly doubt its any of those. I know whats moving, the spring. problem is how am i to prevent it from spinning the small amount

Clayton · Post by **Clayton** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:43 pm

without looking at it i am assuming where the top of the spring meets the bushing and top hat has rubbed threw. remember how i showed you the spring is shapped diferently at the top and it would eventually put to much stress on that bushing. well it happened lol.

sirricealot · Post by **sirricealot** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:50 pm

06sik20z3;283336 wrote:without looking at it i am assuming where the top of the spring meets the bushing and top hat has rubbed threw. remember how i showed you the spring is shapped diferently at the top and it would eventually put to much stress on that bushing. well it happened lol.

you fucking suck dude lol. you made my car noisy!! im jk, Ill have to take the strut off when i get the chance and check out the top part. weird bc the left side is fine, and the noise doesnt happen all the time. thought it might have been from spinning the strut too much or not spinning it enough when installing onto car.

Where can get new top hats?? If i can get new ones that are possibly larger that'll do.
and you can make more $ haha.

Turtle_Civic · Post by **Turtle_Civic** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:01 pm

Capt'n Obvious;283196 wrote:oh yeah non honda if its mcphearson i would say struts i had the same problem spray wd40 on shiny part of strut and compress it a few
chances are you messed up the strut by spinning it installing springs did you spin strut when installing springs i do it all the time but i heard it is bad for it.

Why would he spray wd-40 on it? He didn't say he needed water off of it or that it was rusting. Know your lubes before you speak. Wd-40 is NOT a lube.

Turtle_Civic · Post by **Turtle_Civic** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:20 pm

I would agree that it is probably the rubber bushing on the strut or the strut bearing. Also did you loosen the control arm bolts where the bushings are then preload the suspension then tighten them back? If not you will twist them bushings and that could be your noise.

Clayton · Post by **Clayton** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:51 pm

bring it by the house if you can we will figure it out what the actual problem is before you go out and buy some stuff.

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:53 pm

Either what clay said or the top hat assembly was not reinstalled correctly (as it came out) These have been said to make noise if they dont go back in the exact way they came out.

sirricealot · Post by **sirricealot** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:10 pm

I can prob make a trip there sunday after 4 or Monday-Tuesday night. Yeah not sure what's up with it. Might take the strut off and look at it sometime next few days

Clayton · Post by **Clayton** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:19 pm

sirricealot;283361 wrote:I can prob make a trip there sunday after 4 or Monday-Tuesday night. Yeah not sure what's up with it. Might take the strut off and look at it sometime next few days

those days work for me just let me know.

sirricealot · Post by **sirricealot** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:27 pm

mostly shootin for sunday. i'll let you know closer to then whats goin on.
thanks dude. always find something wrong lol. check engine came on the other day and i found out mafs connector was not on the whole way, stupid ppl that changed my oil didnt connect it all back after checking my filter, that was clogged lol.