C/C plates clunking

94-302-vert

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Aug 16, 2004
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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.
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
94-302-vert said:
Nope, I cecked that this am... It is definitely in the spherical bushing of the plate...
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.