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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 09:12 AM
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BC Coil noise

Hey,

I've has my BC Coilovers for about a month now and for the first two or three weeks everything was great and recently they are sounding really bad. Basically it is a clanking or knocking noise and I cant figure out why it is making the noise. It is for sure the suspension but I cant figure out how to make it stop.

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Matt
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 09:20 AM
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try going back and re torquing the bolts down. might help. and see if you have any clearance issues, how low are oyu?
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 09:24 AM
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Ive gone through an tried to re-torque the bolts, that didn't help. Im on the stock ride height from BC didnt adjust any of the lowering rings or anything.
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 09:31 AM
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hmm, are the rings seated together? can you narrow it down to one side?
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 03:50 PM
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Damn lol, I have BC Coilovers as well and have a "clunking" noise coming from the passenger side. I was reading on the forums and people noted that the noise could be coming from the bushings of the control arms or endlinks... I looked at my endlinks and they look fine.

I was going to try some new bushings from Powell but that's down the road... For now I have been just ignoring the noise haha.

These are what my endlinks look like, I don't even know how to tell if/when endlinks go bad -_-?



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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 05:41 PM
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Thumbs down

Grab a hold of the sway near the end and push it up and down. If you feel play in one side, then that side end link is no good.
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 09:39 PM
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just did a quick Youtube search and the method is as you described dwarrick
Here's a link if the OP wants to try it..

car end links - YouTube

I will give this a try maybe in a week or two.. but how feasible is it for endlinks to go bad within months?
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 09:49 PM
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y car makes a progressive clunking noise...i think its my axles tho.
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