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skylinekin
08-12-2006, 08:28 PM
I am getting a loud clunk from my rear suspension when I go over bumps, it seems to be mostly on the passenger rear, but it will happen sometimes on the drivers rear. It is very loud and only happens on bumps, on smooth roads it makes no noises. I have the following things
-cusco comp-s coilovers, supposedly "rebuilt"
-Subframe Spacers
-All Rear Arms replaced with adjustable pieces
-Rear lower Brace

The coilovers are still very firm and the car handles great, I do need an alignment, dont know if that makes any difference, and when I hit a bump at speed, it makes the loud clunk and the rear suspension of the car will feel loose. I will take a video of the noise and see if that helps. Thanks guys.

****VIDEO****

Listen for a loud clunk, happends about 5 times.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d134/skylinekin/th_suspensionvideo.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d134/skylinekin/?action=view&current=suspensionvideo.flv)

punxva
08-13-2006, 08:33 AM
it's the axel coming out of the output shafts on the differentail a little bit then going back in, its typical for this to happen. i forgot what people did to fix it just search around for clunking, im sure that you will find it because there was a pretty recent thread about this.

vspec15
08-13-2006, 10:54 AM
Coilovers tend to make creaking noises...from what i heard. I heard noises from my old 240sx that had KYB GR2 struts with ground control coilovers.

skylinekin
08-13-2006, 11:56 AM
that would make sense, I will check for play in the axle.

skylinekin
08-13-2006, 12:23 PM
when I pull the axles away from the hubs and release them they will go back into the hub with the exact noise I was hearing. So if I tighten the nut on the end of the axle will it fix this?

aNskY
08-13-2006, 04:44 PM
those subframe spacers supposedly tend to wear away at the stock bushings, making the spacers useless. try some new ES poly subframe bushings. its not as bad to do as everyone thinks..

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/ansky3351/03-11-06_1309.jpg