What's the difference between a lt and rs suspension?

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Get a video of the noise while turning. Could be a toasted CV joint.


I can try to get a video.. may be hard to hear it because its not super loud.. its more of we can fill it grinding..

CV Joint? is that something I could have done installing? I know the front struts seems to went in so easily.. I didn't think I leaned it on the CV Boot at all.. :-/
 

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It might be coincidence really.

I'm hoping not.. :-/

I haven't been able to snap any pics or record the sound.. but I did see rub marks on the right inner fender.. so that's making me hope that's all it is. I'm thinking I'll pull those out this weekend. How hard is that to do?

I do still hear some softer clunking noises as it drives.. doesn't it need to settle? Or is it normal for some sounds..? I'm wondering if I'm more paranoid than realistic.

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More paranoid lol. Well look at it this way. They settled on my car. But they were on the car. After I took em out they were free. Also my car was on jack stands for 2 weeks. So they had no stress on em.

Rub marks are good
That's the sign of being low Lmao. A few clips and like 4 bolts hold it on. Not hard to take out.
 

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The turning audio is too short to get a feel for it. The hanging stuff was really loud. Driving straight though I think I hear a soft metallic clunk about 4 times. Like a tennis ball bouncing off a fender. Weird.
 

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Driving straight though I think I hear a soft metallic clunk about 4 times. Like a tennis ball bouncing off a fender. Weird.

Thank you for listening.. I'm not sure if something is loose.. or just because it's still settling.. I'm not sure. I'm more concerned with the turning cuz I can feel that one and praying it's just rubbing and isn't anything serious.


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Can you shoot another audio clip? Make it ~2 minutes long and remove any extra noise makers (that necklace, keychain, etc).

Does it happen when you turn the wheel stationary or just while moving? Speed dependant?
 

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Can you shoot another audio clip? Make it ~2 minutes long and remove any extra noise makers (that necklace, keychain, etc).

Does it happen when you turn the wheel stationary or just while moving? Speed dependant?

I can't do it for 2 minutes cuz its only during hard right turns with mild to high acceleration. .

Yesterday's sound...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7jilmihh3k0ikle/Right Turn Clunck.m4a

I took out both fender wells and that air box resonator box while I was in there lol



Here are the pics of right side









Pic of fender before I removed it.


I am still hearing and feeling the cluncking without inner fenders.

Any ideas please let me know.

Thanks!


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Those control arms look like they are FE3's I forgot what type of suspension you guys have on the regular cobalts but check the sway bar if its making contact with the control arm. Take a picture of the rear bushings on the control arms.

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Iirc due to having crappy anti roll bars in front (sway bar) mated with those control arms u have, and being lowered. On hard turns you will get rubbing. Its common on Vw and I only have an SS. My control arms are not as wide as yours. If the sway bar is indeed rubbing. A quick notch of the control arm should help it go away.
 

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due to having crappy anti roll bars in front (sway bar) mated with those control arms u have, and being lowered. On hard turns you will get rubbing. Its common on Vw and I only have an SS. My control arms are not as wide as yours. If the sway bar is indeed rubbing. A quick notch of the control arm should help it go away.

I am not 100% sure what you are saying is rubbing and where to notch. I'm not sure if you can show me a pic?

Anyone with the LT sedan lowered help me out on what you all did?


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3rd pic is the sway bar. The bar that goes over and under . See if it rubbing on the control arm
 

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sorry I wasn't able to get back on here sooner... just had a baby ;-)

I did rotate my tires yesterday... so I took a few pics.. I couldn't see where it was rubbing.. assuming this is where you were talking?



 

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Oooo gratz on the baby :)
mines is due in a few months
well the pics look good. No rubbing.
Can't think what else could make it besides bad wheel bearings.

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well I did some research on the internet.. seemed like the most common answers are "wheel bearings", "Brake Dust Covers" or "Low Power Steering Fluid"

I know ours doesn't have hydraulic power steering.. so no fluid..
I find it hard to believe my wheel bearings went bad the same time I lowered the car..
And I looked at the dust covers today.. couldn't see anything obvious.. but I did bend the top of it back away from the brake rotor.. my wife took it out this evening so i'll see if she was able to feel a difference..

any other recommendations would be appreciated!
 

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That is way closer than mine are. Do you have the ss sway bar end links too? That the bar from the sway bar up to the strut. With the stock ls ones on a lower car they push the sway bar down since they are longer. The clunking could be alot of things. Sway bar bushings, the end links could be loose. They are a pita to tighten. I cant listen to your sounds right now, but control arm bushings are another common clunk, and ball joints are always an option also.

There are alot of thing the clunk going straight could be. If everything is tightened correctly, and the end links are the shorter ss ones, I would start with Sway bar bushings, then control arms, then ball joints. But imho, if it wasnt clunking before, and everything is tight with the correct end links, then I would think a bad strut. But again. I havent heard the clip.

Is the grinding sound on the right side only? If it was a wheel bearing you would probably have a droning sound all the time while going down the highway. Since it is only when turning, i am going to go with the axle also. Clunking while turning and accellerating 98% of the time is an axle.
 
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That is way closer than mine are. Do you have the ss sway bar end links too? That the bar from the sway bar up to the strut. With the stock ls ones on a lower car they push the sway bar down since they are longer. The clunking could be alot of things. Sway bar bushings, the end links could be loose. They are a pita to tighten. I cant listen to your sounds right now, but control arm bushings are another common clunk, and ball joints are always an option also.

Is the grinding sound on the right side only? It may be the strut bushing. There are alot of thing it could be. If everything is tightened correctly, and the end links are the shorter ss ones, I would start check. Sway bar bushings, then control arms, then ball joints. But imho, if it wasnt clunking before, and everything is tight with the correct end links, then I would think a bad strut. But again. I havent heard the clip.

Thank you. That's a lot of information and I'll try to start investigating them. To answer your question all I put on the car to lower it was the eibach SS springs. The cobalt SS shocks. And added the spacers to the steering rack and 2 camber bolts on the top hole of the strut..

It seems now it has to be a harder turn to hear the noise.. we only hear it from passenger front side. ..

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He put SS/SC struts and shocks as well. It was my old set up. The end links sounds like a possible cause. I never knew the SS had shorter links. The grinding is beyond anything unless I was there live .
 

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Buy some SS end links. Should not cost a lot.

Imma find some online in a sec.
 

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