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Rear End Swap Assistance
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10-31-2008, 08:46 AM #1Junior Member
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Rear End Swap Assistance
look people...right now I'm kinda pissed off...before doing the swap, my rear end suspension was working fine and without any noises, well...just the control arm bushings. I did the swap last thursday to a 2002 WS6 rear end with 3.42s. The thing is that everything is on its place, the only thing I did was the swap, control arm bushings replacement using polyurethane bushings, and installed new brake lines for the LS1 brakes as well as the e-brake cables, and after doing all that, suspension noises started. First, I figured out that the outside of the poly bushings didn't had enough lube, so lube them again, but this time with a lot of lube and the typical unlubed poly bushing sound is off, then I noticed that my car didn't had any bump stop rubber left, so... installed them today...and part of those noises were shut off...but still I have some metal part banging with another one, and that noise can be heard thanks to roads vibrations, especially thanks to road bumps... and sometimes, it feels that something is loose where the noise comes from, but I've checked EVERYTHING and all is fine, perfectly bolted. My shocks were working perfectly before the swap too.
The only noise that my car had before the swap was because of the control arm bushings, and because of the bump stops which I didn't had. but I didn't had the noise I 'm hearing. it's like a hard knocking what can be heard.
Can someone help me figure that out, because right now I'm ****ing up my mind, just thinking what can be making that?
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10-31-2008, 11:25 AM #2Senior Member
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Maybe the exhaust is hitting?
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10-31-2008, 02:39 PM #3Junior Member
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mmmm well...i don't think it is, because the noise is from the left rear side of the car...and my exhaust is practically a traditional f-body exhaust shape, and before de rear end swap, i didn't had that problem.
Originally Posted by bigrondownhiller
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10-31-2008, 03:36 PM #4Puerto Rico LS1
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maaaaaaybe, you need to change your muffler bearing... and your headlight fluids...
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10-31-2008, 03:37 PM #5Junior Member
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mofo....if it isn't because I know you... assface Originally Posted by Rikki_SeVeN
maaaaaaybe, you need to change your muffler bearing... and your headlight fluids...
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10-31-2008, 03:41 PM #6Puerto Rico LS1
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well... I have the same noise and you don't hear me complaining about it right now
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10-31-2008, 03:43 PM #7Junior Member
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baahhh, let other people write something useful for both of us... Originally Posted by Rikki_SeVeN
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10-31-2008, 03:46 PM #8Puerto Rico LS1
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why don't you have a cool pic of your car as an avatar!?... Originally Posted by PsychMuscle
baahhh, let other people write something useful for both of us...
well... your noise is a little diffrent then the one I have, but I think it can be narrowed down to blown shocks really... I think... if not then... damn us we are scr*wed...
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10-31-2008, 03:54 PM #9Junior Member
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lol.....NOW!!! is that any better??? Originally Posted by Rikki_SeVeN
why don't you have a cool pic of your car as an avatar!?...
well... your noise is a little diffrent then the one I have, but I think it can be narrowed down to blown shocks really... I think... if not then... damn us we are scr*wed...
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10-31-2008, 03:55 PM #10Junior Member
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again....can anyone else help me with this?
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11-02-2008, 07:44 AM #11formally 01 T/A
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did you swap the rear end or just the bushigs? if its the rearend check to see if the center is hiting the floor bords.
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11-02-2008, 07:46 AM #12Puerto Rico LS1
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the car was missing the bumpstops... that helped most of the problems... that an had some brake lines hitting where they weren't suposed to...
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