C/C plates clunking

94-302-vert

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My D&D c/c plates are really getting loud (clunking)... They are a solid design (very simmilar to the MM ones). What have you guys done to quiet this down a bit? I am thinking of putting my isolators on it anyway and/or greasing/oiling them.

Thoughts? It was bad enough this morning that I stopped on the way to work to make sure that the bolts weren't loose.

 

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if they are like the mm ones with spherical bushings then you will have more road feel and some road noise but not a clunking...maybe the bearing is wearing out because seriously in prety anal about noise in my car and even with full urethane in the WHOLE front suspension i still have no clunking just a bit more road noise but nothing noticable, by the way i have the mm plates

 

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I hope they are not worn out as I only have 3500 miles or so on them.

 

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when i first installed my plates i put spacers on the bottom and top of the strut and tighend everything down, or so i thought i did, whe i drove the car and opened the hood it needed another spacer at the bottom so the strut wasnt tight and was clunking, check to see if you have a gap between the strut nut and the spacer

 

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Nope, I cecked that this am... It is definitely in the spherical bushing of the plate...

 

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I bought the pro3i plates that did the same thing, spherical bearing wore out causing a clunking sound. I called J and M (or N) machine who makes them and they replaced mine for free. I had them for over 2 years, which surprised the heck out of me.

 

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Sometimes your struts can have a little slack in them that will cause a clunk. I had that with my Strange struts so I swapped them for some KYB AGXs, problem solved.

 

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94-302-vert said:

Nope, I cecked that this am... It is definitely in the spherical bushing of the plate...

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makes sense since just because it's a spherical bearing doesent mean it's a quality one thats why i always spend the extra 20 bucks or so and get mm stuff there the best by far i have never had any problems with them. call em' up they should exchange them.