Ive been driving around lately and it seems like in the rear passenger side; the strut is making a kinda bangin noise. Maybe Im hearing something else. The adjuster **** on the strut is kinda hard to turn either way as well....what is the chance that I blew it? I thought these things are supposed to be top notch?

From what Ive read only way to test is to take it out and see if it pushes the strut back out when I push it down. Also read soemthing about bouncing on the car to see how it moves?

Thanks for you replies.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmjerk &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ive been driving around lately and it seems like in the rear passenger side; the strut is making a kinda bangin noise. Maybe Im hearing something else. The adjuster **** on the strut is kinda hard to turn either way as well....what is the chance that I blew it? I thought these things are supposed to be top notch?

From what Ive read only way to test is to take it out and see if it pushes the strut back out when I push it down. Also read soemthing about bouncing on the car to see how it moves?

Thanks for you replies.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Did you turn it past manf. settings?

When you installed the shock caps, did you hold the shaft in its orignal position with a wrench?

That will help to figure out your answer.

If you push down on the car hard a few times and let go, it should settle right away, if it keeps its bouncing motion for more than 1 stroke then you have a problem.

HTH

 

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If you push down on the car hard a few times and let go, it should settle right away, if it keeps its bouncing motion for more than 1 stroke then you have a problem.

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Really it shouldn't move at all when you push. Go push on some stock suspension car then push on yours, you will see what I mean.

 

make sure you have everything tightened

 

I guess Ill just ahve to go take a look......Man Im about to be pissed if they are fucked up

 

if you see oil all over your strut then there is a good chance you blew it out.

 

best to take a look underneath the car and check for leaks along the strut. You might want to look at the bushings to see their condition and replace as needed.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rottencorpse &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you see oil all over your strut then there is a good chance you blew it out.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Aren't Teins gas filled?

 

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yes

 

then look for what looks like water dripping...my koni's just had a blow out and it was leaking what looked like water at first from the strut itself.

 

Koni's blow???

 

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Anything can blow.

 

I got ahold of Tein and they said they would fix it for free if it was a defect or they would charge me 100 bucks to rebuild the strut......just FYI