Rage LCA'S, creaking? - SRT Forums

Pit Viper · 02-28-2008, 10:51 AM

My driver's side is awesome, the passenger side is making a lot of noise.
It makes a sound like the delrin bushing is super tight, and creaking against metal every time it has to move, but I get no noise from the driver's side.

This is a set from your original design. Any thoughts on making the noise disappear?

NemoFoss · 02-28-2008, 11:04 AM

Take it apart and inspect it.. You may have a worn out bushing. It may just need grease. Check the rear spacers.. They may have crushed.. Our new setup comes with machined spacers to prevent this..

getnpsi · 02-28-2008, 11:07 AM

i hope they aren't so stiff they stress the control arm so it cracks. just wait until you start tramlining <--its a word in the grooves of the pavement and potentially lose control of the car(psi-fi). I have gone thru a set of stockers, lost a control arm due to psi-fi's and now have a set of energy suspensions that im trying to put off until im ready to do a clutch install.

Nemo i see you help us

Pit Viper · 02-28-2008, 11:08 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by NemoFoss

Take it apart and inspect it.. You may have a worn out bushing. It may just need grease. Check the rear spacers.. They may have crushed.. Our new setup comes with machined spacers to prevent this..

Is it possible to get a new set of the retainers?
It might just need grease. We just installed these (new) a couple weeks ago, and it started creaking as soon as they were installed, so it shouldn't be from anything worn out.

Pit Viper · 02-28-2008, 11:09 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by getnpsi

i hope they aren't so stiff they stress the control arm so it cracks. just wait until you start tramlining <--its a word in the grooves of the pavement and potentially lose control of the car(psi-fi). I have gone thru a set of stockers, lost a control arm due to psi-fi's and now have a set of energy suspensions that im trying to put off until im ready to do a clutch install.

Nemo i see you help us

I know more than one person running these with no issues, and I already like them far better than the traction bars I used to have.

Just took me a while to get around to installing them.

quicky4JR. · 03-04-2008, 02:03 PM

These usually just need to be greased. 95% of the time thats all they need.

NemoFoss · 03-05-2008, 05:50 AM

Did yours come with welded spacers or machined ones?

Pit Viper · 03-05-2008, 07:32 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by NemoFoss

Did yours come with welded spacers or machined ones?

They weren't the machined ones, so I'm going to say welded?
They looked like section of alulminum tube, and did not sit down into the joint like the new ones do.

COY · 03-05-2008, 11:42 PM

Strange. Normally only performance cars would care about suspension set ups. You must have put LED lights on them and now they creak.

NemoFoss · 03-07-2008, 07:40 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Pit Viper

They weren't the machined ones, so I'm going to say welded?
They looked like section of alulminum tube, and did not sit down into the joint like the new ones do.

Aluminum Tube wow.. those were version ones like two years old... Does Dale know there missing from his garage.. You need the steel ones with the washers welded to them..

Pit Viper · 03-07-2008, 07:47 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by NemoFoss

Aluminum Tube wow.. those were version ones like two years old... Does Dale know there missing from his garage.. You need the steel ones with the washers welded to them..

Ahh. Well, these have been sitting around a while.

Can you hook me up with the new ones?