Noise!

April 28, 2008, 03:18:01 PM

For the last couple years I've had an assortment of noises coming from the steering and suspension on my bird, and I've been having a hard time chasing it all down. I replaced the front control arms last weekend (low mileage originals, so good bushings and good ball joints), which took car of some of it, but here's what I've still got:

- At certain positions, I get a squeaking sound from somewhere in the steering column (inside the car, sounds like) when you turn the wheel slightly and sometimes when you go over bumps.

- Slight squeaking from the front suspension over bumps. I think it might be the strut mounts? Not really sure.

- Clanking/rattling noise from the rear end every time I go over a decent sized bump. It didn't start doing this until after I put in the SN95 rear springs (with new polyurethane isolators) and overload airbags. I don't really understand what's causing it, because I've checked it a couple times and nothing is loose that I can see.