how loud are sway bar problem noises
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how loud are sway bar problem noises
I have a banging / squeak in my vette. It sounds pretty loud. I put it up on rack and everything is tight, ball joints, shocks, etc. How loud can I expect the bushings to be?
If it isnt the bushings in the sway bar does anyone have any other ideas?
I looked at all suspension, and the pin that attaches sub frame.. all looks good... lost..
If it isnt the bushings in the sway bar does anyone have any other ideas?
I looked at all suspension, and the pin that attaches sub frame.. all looks good... lost..
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I have a banging / squeak in my vette. It sounds pretty loud. I put it up on rack and everything is tight, ball joints, shocks, etc. How loud can I expect the bushings to be?
If it isnt the bushings in the sway bar does anyone have any other ideas?
I looked at all suspension, and the pin that attaches sub frame.. all looks good... lost..
If it isnt the bushings in the sway bar does anyone have any other ideas?
I looked at all suspension, and the pin that attaches sub frame.. all looks good... lost..
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From: Mt. Pleasant SC
You didn't say way year you have, but if you have a pre-2002 then you might want to look at your sway bar end links. The black hard rubber ones on the early years will fail and have a noticeable clunking sound when that happens. If that's the case, replace all four with the forged steel ones that came on the later C5s.
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St. Jude Donor '09
I had a lot of rattling on mine and kept checking and not seeing anything. Well when I changed over to some new pfadt bushings the noises all went away. Now I just get a slight squeeky noise. But I will take that over the cheap japanese car noise I was getting.
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I forgot to post, you looked at everything but did you put a wrench on anything? If not, try actually tightening everything you can get to. There are a lot of bolts that will make noise if they are just 1/2 turn or less loose. Not even really loose per say but rather just not tight enough so they can slip.
Peter
Peter
