turboman38 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 About a month ago I put on new KYB stock struts with Epic Engineering springs (05 LGT). My front suspension now makes all kinds of noise. Here are my observations. If I turn the wheel all the way to the right while the car is idling in the driveway it becomes difficult to turn after 3/4 of a turn and makes the squealing noise, Now this probably is the power steering pump (hopefully not the rack) since the fluid is full. Now here is the weird thing. After turning the wheel all the way to the right I took the car for a ride on the highway. It pulls hard to the right. Same thing happens if I turn the wheel all the way to the left at idle...it will pull hard left. Now in either case if I pull over to the side of the highway and turn the wheel (while car is not moving but at idle) 3/4 of a turn opposite of the way the car is pulling the car will go straight down the highway. What is causing this? One other thing I noticed. I had the car on the rack at a repair shop to try and determine where the noise is coming from. What I found was when the steering wheel is turned, the spring is turning inside the strut to a certain point, then binds up and "releases" making a load bang. I followed the instructions on a post here for putting the strut and springs together. I also put new OEM tophats on. Did I do something wrong? The car handles better with these springs but the noise is driving me nuts. No noises when the car is at speed. It has 124,000 miles on it and I am ready to trade it in because of these issues. Anybody have any ideas on what is wrong? Any help is appreciated. Have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboman38 Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 Nobody has any ideas??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeblow Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 If the springs are turning and there's a lot of squeaking, it just sounds like the tophats aren't tightened down enough It's cool; I'm with the band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCF Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Mounts were replaced at the same time as the struts/ springs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboman38 Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 Yep. Mounts were replaced the same time as springs. I'm going to have to take it back apart and check that the conical washers are installed properly. I's bet alot of money that they are. However, one of the members said that the spring orientations could be wrong. Does anyone know anything about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compsurge Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 IDK if this helps, but there is some info in this thread about a squeaking: http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/epic-engineering-lowering-springs-141238p6.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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