22mm Swaybar making noises

[luzinit]

Hey guys, I've just installed a whiteline 22mm swaybar and tie bar for the rear on my EK4. Now whenever I am driving slow on certain types of surfaces, ie. slightly slanted or imperfect roads, I get this knocking/creaking sound from the rear??

Any of you guys experienced this before? I got it installed at Hanny's, will take it back to them on Monday if I cant solve it by then, otherwise, hopefully someone has experienced this before and can help! :thumbsup:

Any help or suggestions appreciated!
Thanks,
Tony

[kenshin]

i'm having the same problems it seems... cept mine were on my car when i got it and its only started happening a few mths ago...

[wynode]

Tony, check the endlinks and make sure they are tightened up correctly and more importantly the correct ones :)

have a read/look at these two threads:
http://suspensionparts.info/showthread.php?s=&threadid=450
http://suspensionparts.info/showthread.php?s=&threadid=435

[wynode]

Creaking can occurr due to a lack of (sufficient) lubrication of the bushes.

[kenshin]

should i grease or wd40 the joints wyn?

[bennjamin]

should i grease or wd40 the joints wyn?


Neither. Use proper polyuerethene lubricant ( *spl) - anything else will erode away in no time and the noise will come back ASAP.


Tony , possibly just needs a retighten and relube. Did you retighten everythign after 100-200kms use ???

[luzinit]

thanks wyn :)
ben; it made noises straight away when i drove off, i guess peter from hanny's didnt lube it enuff.... cos i still have almost 2 full packets of the lube. How much of it am I meant to use???

[ginganggooly]

go and buy some rubber grease and stick that in there. fixem good.

[luzinit]

also, ben, how did woitek fix ur problem?? sounds familiar?? but then again so does ian's one...
do i lube the end links at all??? or just the bushes where the U bolt is??

[bennjamin]

also, ben, how did woitek fix ur problem?? sounds familiar?? but then again so does ian's one...
do i lube the end links at all??? or just the bushes where the U bolt is??

wojtek didnt do ANYTHING to fix my problem - only replaced some parts which were dodgy/misplaced in the first place.

"My" problem , stems from previous accident damage + age ( chassis and metal clunking etc)

Tony , the main bushes on the subframe / reinforcement should be well lubed inside out -basically where ever there is metal to rubber contact :)

I hope robbie and peter didnt install ur swaybar upsidedown...post up a pic man ! :)

[luzinit]

fixed it! kenshin, just get under the car n tighten all endlink bolts and mounting brackets etc... noise went away. awesome. oh yeh make sure u lube all parts where there is metal to rubber/poly. contact.
cheers.

[bennjamin]

woot :)

[SiR JDM]

Nice work Luzinit

[Couped Up]

yea man io have the same problemms as u man its anooyin man i just got my installed todai man lolz

[bennjamin]

yea man io have the same problemms as u man its anooyin man i just got my installed todai man lolz

try retightening all bolts and maybe relube the bushes at say 150kms after installed - SHOULD rectify the problem :)

[Couped Up]

ok thanks bennjamin man.. so that means takin it off and relubin it awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww cheers dude

[ian]

Guys, here's a pic of my whiteline 22mm adjustable swaybar and lower tie bar fully installed correctly and working a treat. (notice the up-side-down sticker on the sway bar - they originally installed the whole sway bar up-side-down coz the sticker threw them off......hehehe)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/i_a_n_/DSCN2139.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/i_a_n_/DSCN2137.jpg

[genesis]

tony! mate....

Solution:
replace the U-bolt on the D-bushes with 2 nuts/bolts.
Simple.

[luzinit]

yep! solved, cant wait to hit the track 5th july. woo. alex mate, gonna have very similar exhaust to u soon! ill msn u abt it, got a few questions!

btw guys, upgraded rear swaybar on vtir, great mod!! definitely recommend it, car sits alot flatter and understeers less around corners

[newbie]

dam nice man!...

nice install!...

[wynode]

yep! solved, cant wait to hit the track 5th july. woo. alex mate, gonna have very similar exhaust to u soon! ill msn u abt it, got a few questions!

btw guys, upgraded rear swaybar on vtir, great mod!! definitely recommend it, car sits alot flatter and understeers less around corners
Should be a lot of Hondas taht day!

[gelo]

im gonna kick ur ass tony
bring on ur 1'12

[wynode]

Problem fixed.

PM a mod if you want this re-opened Tony