suspension squeak

[CB7 R3ason]

i have finished my suspension and the rear driver side squeaks sounds like its comming from the top hat i have replaced everything.....has anyone had this problem and if so what did you do to fix it..... Thanks

[accordztech]

have someone bounce up and down while watching the top hat. It can be that you didnt tighten it down enough.

Also it can be the upper control arm bushings.

[CB7 R3ason]

the tophat bolts that attach to the strut to the chassis have torqued down to specs now the nut that hold the spring in the tophat i tighted down as far as i could because i cant get a torque wrench on it also the upper control arms have been replaced with oem replacment and have also been torqued down to specs i will check them in the morning anything else i need to check.....and thanks

[accordztech]

the tophat bolts that attach to the strut to the chassis have torqued down to specs now the nut that hold the spring in the tophat i tighted down as far as i could because i cant get a torque wrench on it also the upper control arms have been replaced with oem replacment and have also been torqued down to specs i will check them in the morning anything else i need to check.....and thanks

Id still look at it, dont assume that its correct. Perhaps that the spec is correct but the new hardware and new rubber you got in there still was very hard and not broken in. By the time you drove it around it flexed enough to require re-torquing.

Did this happen before the install began?

[CB7 R3ason]

No it didnt make a sound with stock suspension... i took off the strut and it looks like the spring twisted when installed its not in is seat and i think thats the problem.... also yes it is new rubber bushings so you might be right im going to take it apart and put it back together also note the tophats im using did not come off my car i didnt want to half to take my stock ones apart so im using JY tophats....

[CB7 R3ason]

well took the strut apart put it back together and put it on the car and stil squeaking and to make matters even worse the other side is now squeaking i think it is the top hats themselves along with the rubber seat that goes into the tophat i might buy new ones cause every thing is new except the tophats and the rubber seat..... im going to use my original top hats and seats first before buying new.....

[Junior Smurff]

Same thing happens to me, same side and everything. Ive taken it apart and put it back together a couple times but the sounds still there. Weird. LMK what you find out

[CB7 R3ason]

well I'm buying new rubber seats should be in tomorrow and if this doesn't work I'm buying new tophats

[MortsAccord]

Use liberal ammounts of lithium grease in a spray can. that should shut it up.

[CB7 R3ason]

Same thing happens to me, same side and everything. Ive taken it apart and put it back together a couple times but the sounds still there. Weird. LMK what you find out

found out what is was it was a combination of the upper spring seat and the upper control arm i replaced the seat and sprayed some wd40 on the anchor bolt and it stopped dont really know which one it was....try those out