Front Suspension Problem/Noises
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My suggestion for you so the spring dont jump when car gets unloaded is to safety wire them on the bottom hat.
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thanks for getting back so quickly!
I was considering safety wire myself... I was also thinking about putting 2mm rubbery spring tray liner in the bottom. I might have some kicking around. I've had them on every BMW I've touched the struts on.
Or I could just drive the car on perfectly flat roads all time.
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I was considering safety wire myself... I was also thinking about putting 2mm rubbery spring tray liner in the bottom. I might have some kicking around. I've had them on every BMW I've touched the struts on.
Or I could just drive the car on perfectly flat roads all time.
Thanks
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update on this: I safety wired all of the springs on the lowest coil. Still getting the noise.
Digging around further I've found that it might be the hood loop bouncing around in the hood latch. I tried adjusting the rubber hood bumpers but the center of the hood can flex a bit allowing the hood catch loop to bounce around in the hood loop. It's surprising how loud this ~2mm of slop can be.
I put a piece of foam under the hood right next to the latch to act like a spring and it seems to have reduced the noise. it keeps the load on the latch so the hood catch loop can't jump around in the hood latch. The real test will be on pothole roads.
Digging around further I've found that it might be the hood loop bouncing around in the hood latch. I tried adjusting the rubber hood bumpers but the center of the hood can flex a bit allowing the hood catch loop to bounce around in the hood loop. It's surprising how loud this ~2mm of slop can be.
I put a piece of foam under the hood right next to the latch to act like a spring and it seems to have reduced the noise. it keeps the load on the latch so the hood catch loop can't jump around in the hood latch. The real test will be on pothole roads.
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Mine turned out to be a antiroll bar end link. Even when the car was in the air I could jank hard on the antiroll bar and the links and there was no play. But I pro-actively replaced both end links on a hunch and it fixed it. there was very little play in one but it was enough to make a lot of clunking even in a parking lot.
