the piece of rubber in between the spring and the top hat, i think i am missing it and my car is sqweaking like a ****

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Modified by nortel at 8:37 PM 10/22/2003

 

Well I think it is just rubber and is called the rubber upper spring mount. Well at least that is what I think it is called. It sits in between the spring and the upper base mount. Well hope this helps.

 

yeah thats it......would it be causing a sqweaking sound..........also does anyone know if there is an aftermarket one of these availiable

 

i don't think they have a AM product for that....... the squeaking could be ur bushing's

 

i checked all the bushings none of them look damaged or torn, when i drive or shake my car it sounds like metal rubbing metal

 

hmmmmm.... i had that and sometimes still get that but when i took it to the shop (they are my friends so they wont talk **** to get rid of me) they said its my bushings (MOST LIKELY) so they said they will oil them up for me next time....
if u do find out what it is lemme know so i can do the same and get rid of it.

 

you know i bet it is your upper shock mount bushings, i completely upgraded my whole suspension and the only squeak that i have is the one from the upper shock mount bushings. if you were missing the rubber spring hat, you would be hearing a lot more than squeaks.

 

i am missing number 8, i think that is the problem

 

i think you can get new ones @ nopi...or honda...whichever

 

when did it start squeaking and why do you still think that it is that part. i bet it's your upper shock mount bushings or another bushing. i gaurantee you if part number 8 was missing it wouldn't be squeaking, it would pop when you turned the wheel. i know i am an acura tech and have actually driven a customer car that had a deteriorated rubber spring hat. it's gotta be a bushing somewhere, or maybe even a shock. when shocks leak all the pressure and oil, they really squeak.

 

i know for sure the strut is blown to ****, but i didnt think it could make a sound like that

 

that's probably what it is. man those shocks really squeak when they blow. trust me, customers will blow those things so fast because they like to drive their new $30k+ car over speed bumps at 50 mph. and they cry like little babies when their brand new acura has a squeak. easy money though, get paid 1.5hr for replacing a strut and i'm done in 15min.

 

sounds like ur shocks, mine is doing the same thing

 

it seems like when i first start driving my car, it doesnt sqweak and then the longer i drive it the louder it gets

 

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ok, i looked at it some more and it seems like the bushing on the top of the strut (the little donut you can see) it sqweaking but how could it be making so much noise

 

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