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Suspension another sound from rear: bell like

Old Jun 2, 2005 | 11:11 AM
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another sound from rear: bell like

after recent spring install I am now noticing a bell like sound from the rear. Earlier it was a rattle, but that went away and now there is this new sound. It pretty much sounds like there is a little bell in the back, it's very soft, I have to turn off all music and close most windows to hear it.

I'm not even sure it's suspension related. I recently put a sweater in the truck and it might even be the zipper, i'll check that out later.

Also i'm getting a torque wrench so I'll finally be able to make sure that everything was tightened correctly. in the meantime however, has anybody experienced something similar?

also it should be noted that the car was not lowered. I merely got springs from an MCS for my non-SS+ MC.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 12:28 PM
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well.. cleaned out the trunk today and when i looked in the kit under the trunk i noticed a little hammer. Picked it up and "DING" it made the same sound I was hearing . It's not an OEM hammer, just one I found that converts to a bunch of screw drivers I thoguht might be useful. i'm guessing this was teh problem, i'm going to take a drive around to see if it was.
 
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