Hey Guys,
I have this annoying noise in the passenger side rear suspension of the
TR6. It has no pattern to it and randomly sounds like a click you would get
with a loose bolt? I could get it to click by working the rear up and down
while the car was stationary. So I jacked her up, nothing loose so I
freed the trailing arm from the shock link and took the spring out. I could
hear the click as I worked the arm up and down with a jack but it was very
difficult to tell if the noise was coming from the trailing arm bushings or
the inner u-joint? So I squirted some WD40 all over and let it sit
overnite. The noise is now gone.
I know urethane bushings are notorious for being noisy. I would have
lubricated them when I installed them years ago. It may be possible that they
have all dried out and just want to squeak and drive me nuts. I suppose it
is also possible that the u-joint is bad and the wheel is getting ready to
fall off. It would take some further disassembly to really check that out.
I does not make any noise when the axle is turned. I can't really feel
any play in the axle assembly.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Darrell
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