Now, I bought the Movitech HD parts, and this is for those who have also installed these specific parts: Did you notice any 'weirdness' to the handling that goes beyond the normal brand-new tight suspension feel? I can feel that its new, but it doesn't really seem to want to be compliant at all. No doubt that one or both was the main issue, although the whole suspenion needed to go. The damage was not visible while in place, so a visual inspection was useless here. The inside bushings on both rear control arms were shot.

Some may have read about that some 5 months ago. Tie rod end? Bad rack? Just rebuild the whole front end?įirst off, I replaced everything suspension, and also the passenger spindle because my half shaft nut was heat-welded to the spindle, and the half-shaft was bad, so it all went. I've had it up in the air 3x and cannot see any bad rubber (except both upper A arms have old rubber on the shock tower, but the wear is worse on the right arm, and the noise is on the left) and I can't hear the noise when the hood is open, idling and turning the wheel, so it seems like its transferring through the frame. Steering input can be ever so slight and it still happens. When it starts, I can hear it behind the driver's side firewall, and its like a metallic spring groaning, like an old screen door that has the spring return not the piston-close. Mornings are noise-free, no matter how gingerly it is driven or if its plain hooned out. BUT it only happens in the afternoon and evening. Since the mount replacement, the car creaks wildly whenever there is any type of loading shift from steering input or uneven roadway. I also took care of the brakes a bit earlier. Earlier in summer I replaced all the motor mounts except the dog bone because I have the unusual one that has the aluminum 3-bolt heat shield block on it and it seems the only replacement is almost $200.

2012 vidmate