I just replaced my rear springs (with new OEM ones) hoping that the squeaky noise from my rear suspension will disappear. Well it didn't.
The noise continues to happen when I go over road joints, bumps, etc. pretty much at any speed...My driveway's end is about 3 inches or so higher than the street and every time i back out of it - as soon as the tires drop and then the body follows the squaky noise appears as well. the noise is abrupt and short. I made my friend drive the vehicle and i recorded the noise but i'm not sure how to host it so that you can take a listen. Any ideas where/how i can host this mp3 file?
It's a 2003 EX with 141K. The rear shocks are Monroe Sensatrack and have about 8K miles on them. I'm not 100% sure but i believe this squeaky noise started happening after my stealership type of shop (casey automotive, palatine, il) installed the rear shocks. I'm thinking of buying a set of KYB GR2 and putting them myself, hoping that this noise is due to deffective shocks maybe...could this be due to the shocks? what else could it be?
I had a very bad experience with the shop that did the struts/shocks last year. The front monroes they installed did not fit well (springs would move/making a metal screeching noise) and even though i went back to the shop 7 times, explaining the problem the idiots simply could not fix it - it was ridiculous, one time they put grease on the bottom of the spring to kill the noise, another time they told me they put cork material under the srpings, etc... at some point i just gave up...
a month ago i decided to get the whole OEM strut assembly ($240 each)- i installed it myself and voila - the noise is gone, the ride is great, the car is stable when turning, a day and night difference (prolly also because of the new springs that as part of the strut assy) - i just love it.
oh, another thing they messed up is the AT oil. i'm pretty sure they didn't put honda ATF Z1 oil because as soon as they flushed my tranny ( i wish i knew better at the time), it started having the shuddering at 40mph and above (under slight acceleration). I just changed the ATF filter today and will do the drain and fill this week. hopefully this helps.
Now if i could fix the other half that they messed up - the rear suspension, it'd be perfect. Any ideas/suggestions would be very appreciated.
Thanks,
Zhelko
The noise continues to happen when I go over road joints, bumps, etc. pretty much at any speed...My driveway's end is about 3 inches or so higher than the street and every time i back out of it - as soon as the tires drop and then the body follows the squaky noise appears as well. the noise is abrupt and short. I made my friend drive the vehicle and i recorded the noise but i'm not sure how to host it so that you can take a listen. Any ideas where/how i can host this mp3 file?
It's a 2003 EX with 141K. The rear shocks are Monroe Sensatrack and have about 8K miles on them. I'm not 100% sure but i believe this squeaky noise started happening after my stealership type of shop (casey automotive, palatine, il) installed the rear shocks. I'm thinking of buying a set of KYB GR2 and putting them myself, hoping that this noise is due to deffective shocks maybe...could this be due to the shocks? what else could it be?
I had a very bad experience with the shop that did the struts/shocks last year. The front monroes they installed did not fit well (springs would move/making a metal screeching noise) and even though i went back to the shop 7 times, explaining the problem the idiots simply could not fix it - it was ridiculous, one time they put grease on the bottom of the spring to kill the noise, another time they told me they put cork material under the srpings, etc... at some point i just gave up...
a month ago i decided to get the whole OEM strut assembly ($240 each)- i installed it myself and voila - the noise is gone, the ride is great, the car is stable when turning, a day and night difference (prolly also because of the new springs that as part of the strut assy) - i just love it.
oh, another thing they messed up is the AT oil. i'm pretty sure they didn't put honda ATF Z1 oil because as soon as they flushed my tranny ( i wish i knew better at the time), it started having the shuddering at 40mph and above (under slight acceleration). I just changed the ATF filter today and will do the drain and fill this week. hopefully this helps.
Now if i could fix the other half that they messed up - the rear suspension, it'd be perfect. Any ideas/suggestions would be very appreciated.
Thanks,
Zhelko