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Post Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 7:20 pm 
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No, it has nothing to do with death wobbles or camber correction but the springs themselves.

It has a 2" tough dog sus kit and it's apparent that the springs are not captive because either the shocks are too long or the springs have sagged and because of that it makes a really loud cracking sound when it re-seats, and it happens on all corners. So anytime that I even go up a gutter or drive way it happens.

So what are the best way's to resolve this?

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Post Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 8:21 pm 
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Fitting coil spacers would be a cheap fix.

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Post Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 8:27 pm 
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It's common on coily's too, Greenzook's bangs and crack all the time.

i cant see why it would do this, mine only does it when it re-seats. are they TD shocks too suit? maybe spring retainers will be the solution your looking for.

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Post Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:00 pm 
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Rotate the spring away from the lip on the coil mount on the diff by about 20-30mm and it should stop, least on road anyway

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Post Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:18 pm 
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On road, it's sweet as, it's just if I need to up a gutter, or go offroad it cracks and groans more than an old man getting out of bed.

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Post Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:46 am 
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I have OME 2 inch lift and mine does this as well

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Post Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:38 pm 
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Can you see wear marks on the coil seats? Another thing could be is a loose nut on a rear trailing/radius arm.

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 6:24 am 
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coily96 wrote:
Another thing could be is a loose nut on a rear trailing/radius arm.



This. One of my rears worked its way loose. Started banging and clanging on the road. I went and tightened them all up, now onroad its a lot better.

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:59 am 
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Mine just went away after time.

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* boingggg...*

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:24 pm 
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My TD 60mm springs are loud when going up and down curbs. Nearly jumped out of my seat first time it happened! Going to put a light coating of grease on the spring seats on the diff and see how that goes. The top of the springs sit on rubber and the bottom sits on the diff so there will be a little metal on metal rubbing between the coil and diff seat as things are moving.

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