I'll give a call into steeda tomorrow and ask. If I'm wrong then I apologize, and I'll have to get mine fixed too. It hasn't hampered my car in any way, and my car is my daily.
urgent! steeda adjustable upper control arm and competition mount install
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So washers in or out? I put them in there and I have nvh at around 60 and gets louder up around 80. After 80, it goes away. Sounds like a whine and it is really harsh. I adjusted the pinion angle back to factory specs by measuring the factory arm length. What can I do to get rid of it?
I'll call later this morning when I get into work and get an answer from them on the washers. All I can see those washers causing is noise and binding.
My setup never had any sort of whine to it so I never had to correct it, but I have read about people/shops loosening and re torquing the suspension to alleviate whatever was binding and causing noise.
My setup never had any sort of whine to it so I never had to correct it, but I have read about people/shops loosening and re torquing the suspension to alleviate whatever was binding and causing noise.
I have no added nvh now, I had some before I got the pinion angle corrected.
I tried to measure it up with the stock arm as best as I could.. I also added, lca, panhard & brace, and uca.. The noise is quite bad at around 80 mph..
i will try to loosen everything, load the suspension and re-torque all the points of attachment when I get off today. :nonono:
Ok I called steeda, florida store said do not use them, valdosta store said use them. What gives? Two different places, two different answers. I still dont know what to do.
That's how mine was and at around 100 the vibration got worse.
Valdosta store is where they manufacture the parts.
I am going to loosen everything this afternoon and load the suspension, then torque everything with it loaded. What did you do to get rid of the noise? I tried to match the length of the stock arm as close as I could before installing it.
I just called frank at steeda, who I normally talk to in the florida store, and who I spoke to before on this very issue, and he said NOT to use them. I don't know what to tell you buddy...
Im taking them out. Its noisy as hell with them in. Ill take them out and see how it does.
Just got off the phone with rod, at steeda, he is going to verify with one of the install techs and call me back.. awaiting reply..
Please let me know the outcome. I'm really anxious to know. Did you question them on the noise?
Next time head to southeast Alabama, and I can help you install at my house on the lift.
Rod called me back, he spoke with the install tech. Spacers are NOT required as per their install technician. Only thing he said about the noise is to make sure pinion angle is correct and remove the spacers. Should kill the noise.
I hope it cures the noise.. it is bad. Gonba grab an angle gauge too. Will report back.
So would it be wrong for me to be looking for an apology for coming at me like that?
Hmmmm...
Fwiw. I set the upper arm to the same length as the stock arm, and my pinion angle didn't change. Maybe that got messed up, or maybe its just the washers transmitting noise
Yes, i set it to the stock length also, i dont have any vibration, just the noise. I really do think it is the washers. I will re-check the length also when I pull it all out.
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