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creaking under articulation (Coily)

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creaking under articulation (Coily)

Post by lj »

hey guys
went wheeling yesterday and i noticed everytime the suspension flexed up
there was a loud crack/creak. is this just the springs unloading or is something bottoming out. its a coil sprung model too
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Post by mugginsmoo »

yer, my jimny does the same thing, always has

it's the control arm bolts at the diff end, moving. it's ok.
if the noise goes away, i'd check for cracks on the diff housing.

i haven't tried to cure the problem, but i suspect that if you replaced the bolts with new ones the noise should go away.

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Post by Nev »

I was going to say it could just be body twisting. You could be missing a couple of body mount rubbers or some of the rubber spacers in other places that keep the creaks down.
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Post by spamwell »

it's the bolts for sure mine stopped when i tightened them up even more.

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Post by mugginsmoo »

yer, but there has to be a limit of howmany times you can tighten them up.
i've done mine about 8 or 9 times. and i'm a bit worried that i'm going to break one next time.

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Post by lj »

cool thanks for your help
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Post by PAZZ »

whatch you dont twist your arms on coilys, i twisted all mine, and also snaped the rear mount of the diff!
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Post by RB zook »

PAZZ wrote:whatch you dont twist your arms on coilys, i twisted all mine, and also snaped the rear mount of the diff!

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Post by Zuki98 »

x3

and also broke a fromt arm in half.
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Post by Sean »

what have you guys done to overcome this?

Just wondering so i can prevent it from happening.

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Post by spamwell »

have a look at my build up... new control arms and diff bracing, i don't have diff bracing but my control arms are good i will get to fixing up the housing when it happens
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Post by Zuki98 »

30 mm plate oxy cut in to the shape of a arm with high tensile machined rings for the bushes welded to them on the front and on the back got adjustable ones like hr zook was sellin.
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Post by PAZZ »

i snapped a front arm, but from hittiing a stump night driving! was fun drive home! I had a mate who made arms up using suzuki arms crossed with rangie arms, i think. he never broke one again running 5'' lift and 33's.
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Post by lay80n »

To strengthen arms you can sleeve them with heavy wall tube, or run gussets or similar. Making custom arms is also an option.

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