well, it seems that not many ppl read the Suspension forum so i will try here because i really need to fix this today.

i recently bought a set of KYB GR-2's for my '01 Z24. i replaced the rears first on monday and all went fairly well. i didnt get a chance to replace the fronts until wednesday. i had a little bit of trouble overall, but everything ended up right. or so i thought.

today i was driving to my parents house to replace my front wheel bearings and i started to hear a creaking noise somewhere in the front. i really couldnt pinpoint it. while replacing the wheel bearings i checked out the struts, springs and mounts and everything looked good.nothing was loose.

once i was done with the wheel bearing installs, i went for a test run around the neighborhood. it seemed that the creaking had worsened. i still was unable to pinpoint the where the noise came from, but i was certain it was from the front. i tightend the strut mount nuts and bolt thinking they might still be loose but that didnt help at all.

i gave up because i had to go to work and headed home. once i got to my complex, i went over some speed bumps and heard the noise coming from the passenger side only. i went over the bumps with only the drivers side and then only the passenger side and there was no noise from the drivers side.

tomorrow im going to re-check everything on the passenger side, but i wanted to get some input and ideas on what else i should check, and what the noise could be coming from. after that im going to get an alingment done because i need it anyway and see if that helps. thank you all.




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The strut mount has probably gone bad. Did you install the coil the same way that it came out? Maybe the coil is binding but I would probably put my momney on a bad strut mount.



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sorry, i should have followed up on this thread. the strut rod nut was not tight enough. i tightened it more and the noise was gone.




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