Scraping sound when not scraping

markesc · 11-21-2014, 09:18 PM

I have the squishy sound coming from the front drivers side strut in the mornings going over the last speed bump leaving my place. The approach is with the wheel going straight perfectly, and only the front drivers side tire goes over it (the right side has enough room to avoid the speed bump).

Now strangely: If both tires go over the speed bump at the same time, no noise.

It doesn't really bother me, but I'm thinking it's going to get worse/sign of things to come.

Is there a stupid donut thing above spring/perch that needs replacing? I'd like to avoid going to the aftermarket nightmare of trying to find new springs or blowing thousands on KW's...

Other than that, this car has been a HUGE step up from the POS tin can on wheels chassis 07 wrx I once had. Maybe it lacks a bit in the all out excitement factor and low end tq, but it's been a stress free/fun car to own for the daily commute...and, there are not ten million Z's in the Portland area...I use my "sick days" now when it snows... so no AWD needed.

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Originally Posted by Trips

I wanted to share my experience with the same noise scraping noise albeit mine was more pronounced as the temps would drops and what I found this weekend will make some sense.

I've had this on and off annoying scraping noise for a couple of years :| I could never figure it out blaming tire scrape on the fender liners or the plastic rivets that hold the wheel liner were not holding it in place thinking they moved to cause the scrape sound.

I lifted the front end up and decided to take a close look at the swaybar bushings to see that maybe just maybe it would be from there

I took them out and found them dry to the bone and thought hum thats what more than likely causing the scraping sound since the plastic bushing was making direct contact or metal in my case to swaybar.

I removed and cleaned the bushing and braket and apllied plenty of grease to the inside of the bushings and reinstalled.

It was 55º this morning coming to work and where I would normally hear the scraping sound along the drive there was NO MORE scraping sounds coming from the front end.

I highly recommend everyone who has encountered this particular sound to just make sure that the front swaybar is greased even after a year of use.

Thats all for now carry on

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