Need help with Steeda sport springs
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Need help with Steeda sport springs
i installed the Steeda sport springs and Steeda pro action shocks and struts last weekend and i have double checked my work and so has my friend and everything looks like its installed correct but when i am driving it and hit an bump or on a rough road i am hearing a clunking sound coming from the back pass side.. we are thinking it mite be the bumper stops but not 100% sure so i am asking yall.. its a 2011 5.0 so any input would help thanks
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i installed the Steeda sport springs and Steeda pro action shocks and struts last weekend and i have double checked my work and so has my friend and everything looks like its installed correct but when i am driving it and hit an bump or on a rough road i am hearing a clunking sound coming from the back pass side.. we are thinking it mite be the bumper stops but not 100% sure so i am asking yall.. its a 2011 5.0 so any input would help thanks
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Me and my buddy was looking all round so we took everything apart and the top of the spring.. The paint is wore out like it has been rubbing hard.. So I parked upward on a hill and look likes the stops and they where bottomed out so I think I am going to cut them and see if that's the problem
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Okay so I cut my bumper stops and that wasn't the problem.. Going to lift it again tomorrow and see if my exhaust is hitting my axle or see if my Panhard bar is tighten good
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The sway bar wasn't the problems i think... I took out the frame bar right above the Panhard bar and I don't hear no clanking but I dont know how safe it is without it in since it was connected to the frame
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Originally Posted by Long Stroke
You need that support brace in your car. It helps support the panhard bar's mounting location.
I would check your exhaust clearance, it sounds like that might be hitting the support brace.
I would check your exhaust clearance, it sounds like that might be hitting the support brace.
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Originally Posted by 2012GTCS
I dont think a lot of guys are experiencing this issue. The should install with everything else remaining in place.
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Hello Zack ,
Here is what Gus thinks:
You have to understand it is hard for us to diagnose something like this due to what your describing, unless we were looking right at we could make a definate diagnosis, but based on what you are saying this is our best observation.
Let us know if this could be the issue.
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Here is what Gus thinks:
Springs don't make noise unless they were installed without the spring isolators which gives you metal to metal contact, then it would be a creak, not a clunk.
A clunk means something is hitting, his exhaust is a good culprit. The axle could be hitting one of the tailpipes through suspension travel. If he took out the panhard bar brace like he describes and the sound went away, exhaust routes right by the panhard bar brace. Sounds like the clunk might have been his exhaust hitting the brace.
A clunk means something is hitting, his exhaust is a good culprit. The axle could be hitting one of the tailpipes through suspension travel. If he took out the panhard bar brace like he describes and the sound went away, exhaust routes right by the panhard bar brace. Sounds like the clunk might have been his exhaust hitting the brace.
Let us know if this could be the issue.
Best Regards,
TJ
Last edited by tj@steeda; Apr 2, 2012 at 06:55 PM.
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Originally Posted by tj@steeda
Hello Zack ,
Here is what Gus thinks:
You have to understand it is hard for us to diagnose something like this due to what your describing, unless we were looking right at we could make a definate diagnosis, but based on what you are saying this is our best observation.
Let us know if this could be the issue.
Best Regards,
TJ
Here is what Gus thinks:
You have to understand it is hard for us to diagnose something like this due to what your describing, unless we were looking right at we could make a definate diagnosis, but based on what you are saying this is our best observation.
Let us know if this could be the issue.
Best Regards,
TJ
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Originally Posted by tj@steeda
Glad to hear it worked out for you. Sorry I wasn't able to respond sooner I have been on the road.
Hope you enjoy the "rattle free" Mustang!
Best Regards,
Tj
Hope you enjoy the "rattle free" Mustang!
Best Regards,
Tj