View Poll Results: Which swaybar do you use if it makes clunking/popping/knocking noises
Hotchkis
51
37.23%
Cusco
6
4.38%
Stillen
13
9.49%
Eibach
1
0.73%
350evo
0
0%
No noise
66
48.18%
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Does your aftermarket swaybar make clunking/popping/knocking noises?
03-23-2007, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 350zspl
hotchkis sways
have the noise front only
not sure if it is sway for sure
but could be
look for zirc fitting on front sway but i did not find
found zirk on rear sway and lubricated
have the noise front only
not sure if it is sway for sure
but could be
look for zirc fitting on front sway but i did not find
found zirk on rear sway and lubricated
But you are correct, the Hotchkis bars only replace the rear mounts with zirk fittings. The front mounts remain stock.
07-30-2007, 08:40 AM
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Hotchkis - noise, but it started after about two weeks...
So is this normal? Can I still drive hard?
Mechanic used torque wrench set to 40 (specified in the instructions).
How can I loose the noise? Louder stereo? lol
So is this normal? Can I still drive hard?
Mechanic used torque wrench set to 40 (specified in the instructions).
How can I loose the noise? Louder stereo? lol
07-30-2007, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by jrd33
hotchkis and i hear a clicking from the rear of the car
more likly to be axle clicking.... mine is in the shop today for that very thing...
07-31-2007, 01:10 PM
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It's probably not the axle clicking TSB. I had that problem as well, and it sounded totally different. My Hotchkis swaybars behaved just like SunsetSunrise describes. Started clunking a few weeks after I installed them. I haven't been able to stop it since. I've tried a number of different end links, and none of them fixed it permanently. My latest heavy duty adjustable end links stopped the clunking for a while, but it's back. At this point, I'm thinking of putting the stock swaybars back in for a while and see how that goes, since that's the only thing I haven't tried yet.
My Hotchkis swaybars behaved just like SunsetSunrise describes. Started clunking a few weeks after I installed them. I haven't been able to stop it since. I've tried a number of different end links, and none of them fixed it permanently. My latest heavy duty adjustable end links stopped the clunking for a while, but it's back. At this point, I'm thinking of putting the stock swaybars back in for a while and see how that goes, since that's the only thing I haven't tried yet.
08-05-2007, 07:04 AM
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As long as you greese the bushings on the sway bars and you are not contacting anything throught your travel of your suspension, your popping noise is coming from you End-links and not your sway bar.
