Weird sound in front suspension

[Boricua]

For almost 5 months i have a little problem in my front suspensionIs like a weird sound (KLOG!!!) when i brake, not always, only in heavy brake. sometimes when is not heavy brake if while i´m braking, theres is a hole, the sound...

Ok i inspect and change lo of things (In order)1. Struts2. upper bushing of strut (the one inside the hood)3. rods (Both)4. Brake rotors (need change)5. Pads i´m not change,1. control arms2. springs3. DRIVER (Me) lol

any suggestionsi almost paid around $600.00 in parts and some labor i did not have the tools to do it.

Thaks

p.s. orry for my english....

:ylsuper

[Nismo1182]

you did TC rod and bushing?

[Boricua]

Yes i change the tension rods, even the bushing dont leak, (i heard that leak). cost me in dealer $55.00 each. whole tension rods, not only the bushing.Does the control arms be th problem?

i have a 1990 black too! stock wheels,

[Dori Dori]

Did you change your struts or just 'inspect' them?

Don't worry about your LCA's; I doubt they are making that kind of noise. And no, they don't have a bushing like the T/C rods.

Maybe your tie rods.

[Boricua]

i change everything i inspected.sturt was very bad and brake rotors but everything i change was to silence that weird sound!!!!!

i think that the two things that i id not cahnge wqas the control arms. springs and sway bar bushings...

i have the sway bar bushings, thepartsbin.com, but i dont change is a little hard...

[Dori Dori]

What about the tie-rods?

[Boricua]

well i dont really know exactly what is the tie-rods...

Ok i have a manual, and i have 1. tension ROD & bushing2. stabilizer connecting ROD

stabilizer=SWAY BAR ????

tie-rod=stabilizer connecting ROD ????

i have four little bushings that say "sway bar link bushings"(not installed, i already buy it)

[Boricua]

Here is the bushings...there are 1" round (aprox)

[Boricua]

This is a Tie-rod?

and excuse my ignorance...

[Nismo1182]

si, eso es un tie rod Damn i havent been to PR in like 7 years now

In my lower control arm, the little mount where the hub connect to it, it has a rubber little boot around it. Mine is busted, i dont know if that would cause a clunking noise that you have but i get a clunking noise every once in a while.

[Dori Dori]

Yeah, tie-rod is part of the steering. Mine pop every once and a while. I'm going to replace them with the Tein Tie Rods (and steering arms). THey are only like $150 for the pair.

[Boricua]

UFFF!!! Finally i know what it is... lol

i ws looking in the suspension part in the manual and the tie rod ends is in the STEERING PART

Ok now there is inner and outer, the picture is Inner, in the manual said TIE ROD ENDS, close to the wheel...

thepartsbin.com have it for $51.49 each plus shipping

i´m going to check out mine and if necesary change iti hope this is the end of this WEIRD SOUND lol

thanks guys...

OH ad NISMO1182, cOME TO pUERTO rICO

Puerto Rico lo Hace mejor!!!!PR Does it better!!! lol :ylsuper

[Dori Dori]

It's just a thought. What does the dealership have to say about the sound?

[Boricua]

Good question...4 differents places check my car1. Nissan dealer2. Westernauto3. Pep Boys4. A place that is especialist in front suspension ??? lol

anyone find nothing wrong well i ask many mechanics and all have different opinionshere i read different but, for me, more realistic...

Weternauto said that was the strut so i change al schocks absorbers 4some mechanics said brake rotors so i inspected and they are too slimwell i said it WEIRD :pface

[S14 Wannabe]

Dang I have the same exact problem right now... did you find out what it was???

[Meantime]

Sometimes an improperly seated spring will make that *pop* or *klug* noise under load (heavy braking, potholes). You mentioned replacing the struts recently, might be something to consider also as the origin of the noise.

[i2ice4m3]

could also be that the t/c rods arent bolted tightly to the lca. just an idea..mine did that.

[aleph1]

I bet you its your front sway bar endlinks.

[Boricua]

well i didn´t change anything yet...but i check the Tie-rods and look fine, the rubber boot looks fine.

i dont think in seated spring because the sound was there before a change the struts, so i eliminated that option., but that was that i think because, that one thing that i didn´t change.

FRONT SWaY BAR END LINKS.. maybe (HOPE SO!!! lol :pface )mine look, a little beat strange to me (i dont really know)but look kind of twisted...

i put a Picture of some sway bushings that i have (not change yet, look not easy).

MAYBE IS THe BUSHINGS:help l

[240_Keyy]

I am having the exact same problem right now. I have already changed the tie rods, but that id not fix the problem. I have narowed it down to the ball joint on the control arm. I will replace it this week and let you knos if that was the problam...

[Meantime]

Aren't noise gremlins just so much fun?

[Boricua]

Thanks

i dont wanna spend more money trying to solve this f****g problem...

if you read what i change it already... is a lot of $$$$$For a KLOG!!!! lol

[Boricua]

and Yes "meantime" is a lot of fun????

searching the sound is fun... lol

[sohc90adel]

hey boricua i am in PR right now and had the same problem, MEANTIME is the only one that has the problem named. Its the springs. when you changed your shocks the spring has to seat pefectly on the base of the shock which sometimes is impossible to do. my sound went away finally when the sping got used to the base of the shock. its no big deal.

hey where in PR are you? I live in Aguadilla, study in MAyaguez, and work in POnce.

[aleph1]

He already said he had the noise before the new struts.

I have the same kluck when braking hard, and sometimes just randomly. My passenger side sway bar endlink has no bushings on it and the bolt is bent. =) I took it to a shop and thats what they said the noise was coming from aswell. Im just going to spring for some ST sway bars.

[Boricua]

[ sohc90adel ]MEANTIME is the only one that has the problem named. Its the springs. when you changed your shocks the spring has to seat pefectly on the base of the shock which sometimes is impossible to do. my sound went away finally when the sping got used to the base of the shock. its no big deal.

:oface

well i think that is not the springs...

but i goonachek the sway bar bushings...

"aleph1" what model if your 240, mine is 1990 Ka24e

sohc90adelim in ponce... Black 1990 mostly stockgood t know that here is another "BORICUA" lol :ylsuper

[aleph1]

I have a 1993 KA24DE, SE

[S14 Wannabe]

I have narowed it down to the ball joint on the control arm. I will replace it this week and let you knos if that was the problam...

Yes please do because my friend initially told me it was that by just sitting in the car.

[Magnes]

It sounds like that type of noise (as best I can tell from 1000 mi away) could only come from a spring, so either the coil spring or the sway bar (it is a spring).

As mentionned, check that the coil is properly seated and check that the sway bar links aren't worn/damaged. The tie rod or control arm are unlikely sources of that noise.

Also make sure you have the little rubber hose that wraps onto the coil of the spring (compare the L side to the R side). They are there to insulate the noise of the spring hitting itself (I guess it happens!) when it rapidly compresses.

[Boricua]

Well

today i changed:

1. sway bar end links bushings (i mention this bushings earlier)2. two tie-rods

cost me $75.00 at pep boys $$$$$ More lol:mad:

well i have this "Weird sound" in the two sides (Driver & Passanger)

OK, Results

sound in driver side ... GONE!!!!!!!sound in passanger side ... NOTT!!!!! less sound but a sound...

and yes maybe is the springs...

but i !!!!!!QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!! no more !!!!:mad:

i planed to lower my car and thas mean new springs, but i gonna do it not for the sound, for the look.

THANKS GUYs!!!!!

Muchas Gracias, !!!!