Annoying noise

[Dimitrios]

Interesting; any resolution on this issue? The washer solution seems feasible and makes sense.

I'm looking to drop on Eibachs and would like to know if this is the case on the spring rattle

 

[Matthew]

ill work on it this weekend, today is my anniversary and i dont have time the rest of the week

 

[haig]

maztechnhtown - I don't get it...if it's a washer at the top bolt, why wouldn't I be able, on a P5, to simply remove the panneling in the trunk, take off the seatbelt holster and then remove the nut, reverse the washer and voila!

Am I understanding this wrong? Is the washer there at all or somewhere else? Can someone clarify this?

Thanks a lot,
Haig

 

[garretts77]

I checked the washer last night and it was correct. Not the cause of the problem for me. I did it like haig said, open up the paneling, remove the seatbelt assembly, and there is the washer. Unless I checked the wrong one. Either way, I re-tightened everything, but it is still there... I ... don't... know...

 

[Matthew]

damn i was hoping that was it...

 

[1FASTMP5]

[ today is my anniversary and i dont have time the rest of the week [/B]

so is mine!

 

[Matthew]

how many yearS?

 

[1FASTMP5]

one, but check this out she bought me a dg c.f lip for are 1 year!
how many for you?

 

[Joe PR5]

I have had my Eibachs in for about 3 weeks, same noise.. i have not taken the whole strut out yet b/c its a pain in the ass, and some of the bolt were secthy, like almost striping b/c of rust.. Im going to check the top bolt when I get home maybe pull of the whole thing, I will post asap once I find any info.. This is weird that we all have the same problem.. Maybe we all made the same mistake? hummmmmm?

 

[bazooka joe]

ya razorp5, right rear too!

 

[maztechnhtown]

the noise from my g/f was from the right rear also.....

 

[Matthew]

two for me, you bastard! my wife would NEVER NEVER NEVER get me anything for my car...

 

[Matthew]

damn i shouldve made a poll if i knew this many people had the problem

 

[garretts77]

I just figured that I was a monkey... (maybe still true). But apparently I am not the only one to have the problem. Any Mazda mechanics out there that might have an idea?

 

[Matthew]

im in pretty good with my dealership ill ask them

 

[haig]

the noise from my g/f was from the right rear also.....

why does it seem so hard to do this darn right rear?
is it a design flaw of the car or are all the springs just made the same way, i.e. wrong???

garretts77 - are you sure that's the bolt/washer he's talking about? were you able to unbolt? or did you just do a visual check? I checked mine visually and it looks ok, but need to unbolt to make sure...

maztechnhtown - the washer you talked about, is it the one directly underneath the top bolt of the strut assembly? I know that on an MPS or MP3, you would have to take the whole thing apart, but on a P5, you can get there without undoing everything...

 

[Matthew]

i need to get some deep welled sockets before i can screw with this some more, but im gonna check it out once it stops raining here

 

[garretts77]

I am assuming that it is the correct bolt. I pulled the seatbelt cover off, then the right side panels, and the seat belt assembly, and finally that rubber cup that covers the strut. Once that is done, you can see the washer and the bolt that hold the strut in. I first visually checked it and saw that it was positioned with the bowl like a cup and not an upside down spoon. Then I loosened it, and re-tightened it. I made sure that all of the foam pieces that go under the paneling were there and that nothing metal would be touching anything, re-tightened the seatbelt assembly, and put everything back together. Then I went under the car, put the torque wrench at 65lbs and re-tightened the sway bar end-link bolts. I didnt take off the tire so I couldn't re-tighten the two large bolts that connect the spring assemply to the rear linkage, and I couldn't grab the spring and rattle it around like somebody else mentioned. It was getting dark, so I did what I could. I was hoping that what I had done already would fix it, but it didn't. The only thing that I can think of is that maybe it doesnt seat into the top spring retainer correctly. But there is that rubber grommet thing in there that should absorb any noise, I would think. Oh well. I will try to take the tire off tomorrow and do some further investigating, but right now I am at a loss...
Garrett

 

[Matthew]

i checked and double checked every spring i installed, so i know it was done correctly, and the sound is getting a bit worse...

 

[blackp5ca]

I've been watching this thread for a while now, hoping someone would find the magic answer. I've had this problem for a little while now and seems to get a little louder everyday. I dont think it is just springs as I just recently switched to coilovers (Lower drop bur bumpy as hell)
On a side note, today on my lunch hour I grabbed a can of lube and went to town on the struts/endlinks/and rubber bushings...basically just wasted an entire can on the unserside of the car...hit a bump on my way back to the office and seems to have gotten louder! Guess tonight I'll try once again to issolate the problem...Sure hope someone finds what the cause is...driving me fu*#ng crazy!