Why is my sway bar making noise?
Why is my sway bar making noise?
Sway bar links connect the two sides of the suspension together with the sway bar. They can be found at the end of the sway bar and help support a stable ride and limit body roll. If the sway bar link breaks and loosens, it can make a rattling or clunking sound as it taps other parts of the suspension.
What’s the signs of a bad sway bar?
Some of the most common symptoms of a bad sway bar bushing or sway bar links going bad are:
- Clunking noise.
- Rattling noise.
- Knocking uneven noise road.
- Lack of stability when driving.
- Noise going over speed bumps.
- Poor handling when turning.
What makes a noise when a strut is replaced?
The insulating material density changes over time and the mount pivot bearings wear. Other suspension and steering components often cause noises that the shocks/struts get blamed for: Ball joints, sway bar bushings & links are common causes.
What to do about creaking sway bars and end links?
You can torque the bolts with car on ramps. A bit tight still but doable. you can try putting a lot of antisieze on the bolts and re-torqing them. If you’ve greased the sway bushings, there’s nothing left to grease, especially not the endlinks since it will collect dirt and wear the bushings.
What kind of sway bar does a Subaru RSB use?
When the car was new, I changed out the rear sway bar for an OEM STi RSB. A couple of months ago, however, I replaced both the front and rear sway bars with COBB units, and both front and rear endlinks with KarBoys.
Why does my STI bar make a creaking noise?
the creaking you hear is a result of the bushing to the sway bar contact when it goes over bumps… it’s the polyurethane bushings that is causing this. OEM STI bar doesn’t create this problem because they are rubber bushings.. You can lube a lot to help cure the problem, but the lube will dry up…
