I own a 1988 honda civic hatchback
for a while now, ive been getting a pretty loud knocking, just from the right rear wheel, every little bump i hit, it knocks.. I put brand new springs and shocks on, thinking it could have been bad shocks, but still the exact same noise.
I'm running out of ideas, what else can I check back there that might be making the noise?
thanks a lot

 

Rear sway bar maybe rattling or knocking around under compression.

 

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there is no rear sway bar on my car, its a DX, but good guess anyways

 

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hrm, maybe exhaust hitting, maybe uca is loose &lt;--

 

Did you put everything together correctly?

 

Also, How the **** are we suppose to know? Why dont you get under there and look.

That's like saying my *** itches....where should I scratch?

 

I did go under there and look.. and i checked all the bolts everything is tight.. i grabbed the lca and tried shaking it, no noise.. and i can bounce the car in the back and it doesnt make any noise either.. so trust me, i have looked.. many times.. i just cant seem to find the problem

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hrm, maybe exhaust hitting, maybe uca is loose &lt;-- </TD></TR></TABLE>

that is a possibility.. i actually tried that tho.. at first.. i could take the exhaust, and if i shook it enough.. it would infact bang against the bottom of the car.. although i changed the hanger on it.. and now it takes A LOT of force to get it even close to hitting the car.. although i guess its still a possibility. I'll check that out tomorrow when im under there

 

Bushings?

Maybe something loose in the drum brakes?

 

check your rear trailing arm bushing, its that big *** one that holds the entire trailing arm to the chassis...