tokico blues & teins still loud @$$ knocking?

by **tooshorty** » Mon May 04, 2009 6:50 pm

i just installed brand new struts and springs and they are knocking all around? what the hell ?? please help me SG!

by **Ruski** » Mon May 04, 2009 6:59 pm

You tighten everything properly?? rear strut bar maybe ? is it oem or TRD? also check your end links, and maybe your top hat bolt.

by **ASG14** » Mon May 04, 2009 7:03 pm

1: Sway Bar links
2: Strut Mounts

by **Solarizona** » Mon May 04, 2009 7:05 pm

Happened to me. Had to replace the strut mounts.

by **Midias** » Mon May 04, 2009 7:45 pm

Did you remember to put the spacer under the big nut off the stock rear struts on the new rear struts?

by **tooshorty** » Mon May 04, 2009 7:49 pm

Midias wrote:Did you remember to put the spacer under the big nut off the stock rear struts on the new rear struts?

yes i did that for sure. But i have a feeling its the strut mounts. Could it be that the springs aren't seated properly?

by **tooshorty** » Mon May 04, 2009 7:50 pm

Ruski wrote:You tighten everything properly?? rear strut bar maybe ? is it oem or TRD? also check your end links, and maybe your top hat bolt.

The strut bar is TRD. Got it from Reggie :-)

but i don't think its that because its knocking all around well...i guess the rears could be effected by it

by **TMMK Toy** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:37 am

Midas, the spacer that big round metallic thing that kinda looks like a nut? Or rather, with mine, I noticed I didnt have one on one rear one for my factory struts when we dissassembled them a while back so we used a nut that fit over the shaft underneath. It just about matched the other size height/diameter wise. This should have been ok?

by **akora12** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:45 am

If the springs are not fully seated on the insulators, you can get knocking.

If your rears are making noise, it's either the springs seated incorrectly or the end links. There are no bearings in the rear mounts to go bad.

Noises up front can be the symptoms listed above, or the actual bearings in the mounts. You can even get knocking with new bearings if the bearing cups aren't properly greased.

by **ASG14** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:50 am

Front OR Rear knocking causes:

Sway Bar Links
Bad sway Bar Bushings
Strut Mounts
Incorrectly seated spring

ALL FRONT OR BACK!

by **akora12** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:52 am

^Aside from the rubber being totally shot, how do the rear mounts go bad?

by **ASG14** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:08 am

The rubber inside the mount itself. I have had the clunk on my car, as well as several other Gen 3/4 camry's I've been in

by **akora12** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:38 am

ASG14 wrote:The rubber inside the mount itself. I have had the clunk on my car, as well as several other Gen 3/4 camry's I've been in

Wow, that rubber is thick as hell. My buddy's gen 3 had 330k on the odo w/ no problems on the original rear mounts, but I guess I shouldn't generalize.

by **ASG14** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:46 am

Oddly, it seems the Gen 4 Cam/Gen 1 Sol rear mounts break more then the fronts, while on the Gen 3, the fronts break more then the rears, go figure.

On a side note, the rears that broke on mine were all defective ones from AutoZone. Finally after 7, just bite the bullet and got them from dealer and 2 years later, no issues.

by **SleeperSolara** » Tue May 05, 2009 2:10 pm

Where is it comin' from??
Front or back??
If you've torqued all the bolts down, and still havin' knockin' sounds, it's your strut mounts.
Don't let it up like this:

tokico blues & teins still loud @$$ knocking?

tokico blues & teins still loud @$$ knocking?

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