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Topic: BIG suspension problem...
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PeNiNsula302
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Well, im no expert on suspension but this is what i know about my car. It supposedly has full saleen suspension, except the rear disc's. Although the catch is, im guessing it was installed not long after the car was bought, and its probably about 9-11 years old. All of the sudden the other day a BIG creaking noise started coming when i turned the car. It felt like a wheel would skip or something would just get jammed up. Now the noise happens when im just even going straight! i dont have to be turning or anything, theres just this big "creaking" noise coming as the car moves. and naturally, the rate of the noise goes with the speed im going at. Like i said when im going a few mph's it will happen slowly, then as i speed up it seems to follow.
Like i said im not the biggest pro on suspension, and i dont know how to determine the problem before i go the guess & check way by buying parts and see if it stops. I dont think its the shocks because i can even press down on them and they dont squeak. Coult it be the springs? I think i still have the stock bushings, and i was told those are screwed if the cars lowered. What else can it be?? Thanks!!
-scott
[ December 05, 2002, 06:07 PM: Message edited by: PeNiNsula302 ]
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Stimson
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You sure your brake pads aren't worn?
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JoeT
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did your torque boxes come loose? get under and check!
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Stimson
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Or possibly a bearing.
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PeNiNsula302
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pads were changed, no clue on what a torque box is or its location but ill look, ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif) ?
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Stimson
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torque box is where your lower control arms meet the frame.
If its directly related to the speed of the car, check out your axel bearings.
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