South Carolina BS thread under new MANAGEMENT and lives in SC

This one don't have a panel on the back , it looks like the sides & back comes off together in 1 piece , then the top comes off in one piece then have to unscrew the front . Seems like a pain in the ass for a 10/11 yr old dryer

 

Agree with that.

 

Or it all falls apart LOL, just kidding, yeah it should lift off if you get all of the screws. If the washer is 10 years old it's just getting settlled in I had a washer dryer set that lasted through three kids with non disposable diapers, shipped overseas by the Army twice and Lasted 10 years after that.

 

Any of you fellow SC dudes got an idea of what might be going on with my suspension? Got Icon 2.5 coilovers on a 2012. Just replaced the spacers and heim joint bearings yesterday. Had the upper and lower ball joints replaced with moogs yesterday. Control arm bushings look/feel good. Took the sway bar off today...the noise persists. The only thing I can find are shiny rub marks on the bottom of the shocks where they sit in the lower control arm- they are touching. I'm 99% sure the spacers are installed correctly. Thanks for the help and stay cool...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu9hSSoppBQ

 

Maybe it's just the angle of the camera but is your wheel rubbing on the spindle.

 

That's what I thought it looked mighty close

 

Heim joint bearings?!?!?!

 

Both

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyfgnXi2Ls

@.49 seconds

 

Spherical bearings that go in the top and bottom of the coilover. I've heard them called several different things. Like this...

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...-fk-rod-ends&gclid=CI_WnYWEq80CFdgDgQodYXcE1Q

 

The Icons have misalignment spacers. Seems to me that the coilover shouldn't rub on the LCA when the spacers are in place.

 

I don't see any signs of rubbing inside the wheel. Feels like there's plenty of clearance and I don't see any shiny rubbed areas.

 

Gotcha, the picture helped.

 

My coilovers don't touch the LCA at all. Plenty of room in the bucket. The misalignment spacers push the coilover back and away from the swaybar.

Occasionally I get the spring clang where it unbinds during a slow sharp turn and a clunking during high speed ruts which is either the swaybar tapping the coilover or maybe even the battery bumping around. Other than that and the rear bump stops tapping, no other weird sounds.

I haven't watched the video yet so I'll go back and do that now too...

 

Yeah, that would drive me nuts. Sounds like the coilover is twisting and making the squeaking noise?

Are the lower spacers on the coilover the correct ID where the bolt is snug and not allowing any play? As in keeping the coilover elevated in the bucket and not letting it touch the LCA?

EDIT: What UCAs do you have? Did you lube the UCA bushings?

 

@scottalot
After you build this BA AR. Since everything is a AR these days. BA paint job you must have hahah

 

Text me. I fixed mine for 60 bucks vs 250 for a bottom line. Damn sure not spending 1000 on one my wife,will over stuff hahahaha

 

Does it get worse the faster you go? Have you checked to make sure the wheel bearing is ok? Kind of hard to tell from the video what the sound could be. After doing all of that and still having the noise I'd try to find someone with a spare set of struts you could throw in there and see if the sounds goes away. Sounds like some sort of bearing noise to me.

EDIT: did you do all of the mentioned work BECAUSE of the noise or did the noise pop up after the work?

 

Those are from a video game.. Borderlands.. 1st person shooter RPG. Torgue is one of the 'brands' of weapons in game.

The green pistol has a Mandolorian skull on it.. same from Boba Fett uses in Star Wars. (Yeah.. I'm a bit of a dork sometimes...)