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MikeyS

Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:24 am
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Location: QLD
Vehicle: 98 Jimny

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:12 am

hi i was wondering when ever i flex a tiny bit or alot the car jimny makes a really loud cracking noise like my springs or shocks have snapped but they are brand new just 500km on them.

does anyone know what it could be or what i could check to see if they are broken??

tanshi

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:18 am

it may be just the springs loading and unloading in their lands

atari4x4

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:18 am

springs catching on the springs seat, rotate the spring 10mm away from the recess on the spring seat.

have a search there should be some pics floating around.

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MikeyS

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:21 am

soo is this bad??

atari4x4

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:22 am

no, it's a simple instillation error.

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MikeyS

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:27 am

well it got its 500km check up yesterday and they said its fine but i think they are bull shitting me because it sounds like something it like completely snapping each time i flex even when i go into my drive way which is like a 5cm gutter. ok thanks ill look around again

christover1

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:39 am

My Vitara was doing that, took ages to find it. It was loose body mounts on the rear end.
I was lookin at springs etc, too.

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atari4x4

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:45 am

on the 500km check up they would have just checked for loose bolts etc, it's quite common for jimny's to make this exact same noise.

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zooky08

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:55 am

Nothing to be worried about, my jimny and alot of other jimnys I know of do the same thing.

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JayKay

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:23 pm

zooky08 wrote:

Nothing to be worried about, my jimny and alot of other jimnys I know of do the same thing.

Mine does too

dm90

Joined: Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:30 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:02 pm

none of your jimnys would make this noise if you took ataris advice and fixed it. takes about 30 minutes and two or three beers :cheers:

JayKay

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:05 pm

dm90 wrote:

none of your jimnys would make this noise if you took ataris advice and fixed it. takes about 30 minutes and two or three beers :cheers:

I will be now I know the cause :wink:

sjzook

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:21 pm

Sway bar?

atari4x4

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:14 pm

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Jezza86

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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:20 am

i gave up on fixing it and just got used to the noise, the springs do just move around in their seat. every time i go out my rear left will rotate up to a 1/4 turn back to being noisy.
i find if i rotate it hard up in the seat its actually quieter longer.

coily96

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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:28 pm

Also makes that noise when the trailing arm bolts are loose.

Jezza86

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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:03 am

good to know, mine have a history of sheering off. 3rd bolt in the same place now. unless i got a bad batch of locktite. might look into that

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