reeder321

I returned my car to stock suspension a couple of days ago and now I get a loud knoking and squeeking noise from the drivers front side when i go over a bumpy road. I checked to make sure everything was torqued to speck. What could the issue be?

thanx, Reeder321

reeder321

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miataspeed69

maybe a bushing. make sure your setup is all in line like the spring is placed right.

GYChris

1. Open your hood.
2. Look at your center shock tower nut.
3. Bounce your car up and down.
4. See if the nut goes up when you push down and vice versa.

Sometimes the nut may appear to be tightened all the way when sitting still, but will raise up when you suspension compresses. If the nut is tightened all the way, you may have forgotten to put the washer back in the strut that goes over the little lip on the strut rod. This prevents the strut from "poking" through your strut tower and allows the strut to compress along with the spring.

If not, there is something else obviously not torqued to specs* somewhere within your suspension. It could be a loose tie rod, stut bolt, control arm bolt....