boost'n

Guys I have a 99 gsr and I have the ground control coilover conversion kit w/ illumina shocks and ingalls camber kit for the front. Prior to this modification the ex owner of the car put springs that slamed the car and never changed the shocks or installed a camber kit. That resulted in negative camber like crazy. Well after installing the new suspension im getting this squeaky sound coming from the suspension in the front. Has anyone ever had this problem and how was it fixed?

95teglsaz

i had the same problem my negative camber wore my bushings down to nothin- i think thats my prob at least

boost'n

I havent really looked under the car. I will take a look at the bushings. Thanks!!!

NeoGSR

mine squeaks like a little bird.....i hit the bushings up with a little silicone spray (NOT WD-40) every once and a while and it fixes it for a couple thousand....

Deluzional

its not the bushings, ingalls are known to squeak

DB20

I have the GCs also and having the same problem. squeaky...but i have no camber kit. I was thinkin' it was my struts or something being shot......am I wrong?

yrethguad

My GC's started a squeak today. It's coming from the top of the strut tower. I'll post if I find out what it is exactly. Right front.

My car's previous owner did THE SAME THING!! He didn't do his research, just wanted to be cool I guess. I got stuck learning the hard way, but, hey, gotta learn somehow.

yrethguad

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Try to bounce your car from a corner. If that corner keeps bouncing, the shock(strut) is bad.

The purpose of the spring is to hold up the car, but a spring transfers energy, and will bounce forever (not really, but you know what I mean). A damper is used (shock/strut) to turn that energy into heat by moving a piston with small orifaces (orifi?) through a fluid, so your spring (and car) stops bouncing.

yrethguad

Bump to keep thread alive a little longer...

yrethguad

Alright, the squeak on mine is from the top of the spring. I jacked it up, and noticed the top few coils are rubbing together, like my old springs that were shot. Well, I checked the other side, and those are too, but with no noise. I shot some graphite on the spring itself, where it was rubbing, to see what effect that had, and also pulled down the spring so it was resting on the threaded perch, and shot the urethane spring seat on the top as well. No change. I am thinking that it's coming from the top of the urethane seat, between the seat and the metal hat that's connected to the top of the shock. I'm trying to remember if that can be popped out without removing the hat, since the spring can be pulled down to the threaded perch. I'll hit that area next with the graphite, and see what happens. I might post a pic or 2 in a sec. not sure.

yrethguad

AlphaQup

Your springs look fine dude. If you want that squeek to go away permanently, swap out your Ingalls Camber kit. Just do a search using "squeek & Ingalls".

Mine squeek so bad, on all 4 corners.... I just got use to them, and hardly knowtice the squeeks.

Deluzional

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haha same here, i only hear **** coming from my cabin now. damn rattling windows!!!!! btw i know how to fix it, i just dont have that rubber piece

yrethguad

I don't have an Ingalls camber kit. Is it similar to mine? Can you tell what type I have?!

It's Intrax. I'd never get one like this again, nor recommend it to others. I'd recommend the type that replaces the upper control arm.

Offset in the anchor bolts. Mine were fabricated because the original piece didn't correct enough. My Dad welded the oem piece to the offset piece for more throw.

yrethguad

I took out the spring assy. today and pulled down the urethane bushing and used the grease that came with my Energy Suspension set to lube it top and bottom. Seemed to help at first, but I think once everything settled, it came back. Will have to see with a few more miles.

I'll throw on a pic to show what I mean.

yrethguad

I'll try to hit those offsets in the camber kit with some graphite, but with the spring assy out I moved the entire suspension up and down and it was silent, except for the upper control arm hitting a piece of wheel well plastic that I should pull out. I don't know why I didn't when I was under there.


Modified by yrethguad at 5:07 PM 5/24/2005

yrethguad

yrethguad

Squeak remains. Going to check out the camber kit.

yrethguad

Bump for any input.

DC2B18cya

Yeah I have the same problems too...right when I installed my Ingalls camber kit Fr and Rr it started to squeak badly.I should do know how you feel because that **** is annoying as hell. well I spray some WD-40 on my brushing and it stops squeaky..

yrethguad

I'm not familiar with the Ingalls. Is it like the Intrax one I have, where it changes the anchor bolts? I'm talking about the front, don't know if an aftermarket kit on the rear is similar.

IntegraCF21

My front squeaks when I pull out of my driveway and the front gets to the road after I back out. I have Skunk2 coilovers & Koni reds, no camber kit.

matto23

my front squeeks when i hit bumps, and my rear CREAKS on driveways.

blk_db2

I put grease between the metal washer and rubber piece on the top of the strut and it got rid of my squeek...

matto23

nice. im trying that.