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forgive my ignorance here but here's the deal since I bought this car I have had some noise in the rear end.
I don't drive it much at all, so I did quite a few searches here. I replaced the diff fluid and not much changed. This spring I found some posts about the sway bar links so I just replaced those tonight. They were definitely junk and it seems quieter but should there be nuts on top of the main spring here ?
Looks normal...those bolts don't need a nut. They do however have a rubber pad that the A-arm sits on, and they can deteriorate over time. Your pads look to be gone. Some people cut them to lower the car. So your noise may be metal bolt riding on A-arm. Corvette Central sells reproduction bolts for $30/pr...OE bolts are not available for purchase unless you buy the whole damn spring.
EDIT: Here's what yours should look like:
Also, why is there so much "curb rash" on the inside edges of your wheels??
Thank you. I don't know what the deal with the curb rash is. It's from the PO.
The squeaking noise is. It is fairly loud and I don't know what it could be at this point, possibly bushings? But they loooked fine. I might slice some rubber discs and slide them under the spring around those bolts and if it goes away then I know that's it.
Is it possible to release pressure from the leaf spring bolts to install these. https://www.zip-corvette.com/05-13-front-rear-lowering-cushions.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwlv_XBRDrARIs AH-iRJTjKUt0dbKH83VICMOmBbH5u3gaZVs5m3ce0_Q 3OE0ZPidBMQROfEEaAtT5EALw_wcB
If I backed the bolts off all the way, then put a jack on the end of the spring. I was wondering if I could slide these under the head of the bolts?
05-04-2018, 08:44 PM
Am I missing some bolts here??? Rear end noise
