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[Morgan]

I still have a terrible creaking coming from the rear of the Foz. I bought new WL ‘D’ bushes which arrived and were installed yesterday.

I didn’t fix the annoying noise but it was probably a good idea to get new ones anyway as the old ones were fairly worn.

Driving into the driveway at work today (slowly and on an angle as not to scrape), I heard a loud pop/quiet bang which make the original creaking more prominent. Parked the car and had a look. The D bush had popped out from the bracket and was hanging loose around the swaybar!?

Anyone know what this is caused by? Under-tightening? Over-tightening? Under-greasing? Over-greasing? There's nothing I can do about it until I get home tonight so I'm keen to get some thoughts before I have the same thing happen again tomorrow..!

I used Castrol LMM grease.

Cheers

[Cam.]

It's caused by flex in the swaybar mounts on the body mate.

Seen heaps of 03-08 foresters doing this lately.

[Morgan]

I've got HD mounts... Do they just need tightening?

[Cam.]

Post pics of setup

[Morgan]

My name is Morgan.

That is something I can do!!

Give me 2 mins...

[SAV84C]

How hard do u have the sway bar setup?

[Morgan]

Passenger side -



Drivers side (now missing D bush) -

[Morgan]

How hard do u have the sway bar setup?

Currently on the hardest setting.

I originally installed the RSB in Jan on the medium setting. That's when everything started creaking. (HD mounts, HD links, 22mm RSB and lateral link strengtheners at the same time)

Put it on the hardest setting about 6 months ago.

New D bushes last night.

[SAV84C]

Interesting... Have mine setup the same, with no creaking in the rear... However my endlinks have been replaced with nolathane bushes... But I doubt bushes are any different to whiteline as they are both under http://redranger.com.au/

[Morgan]

Yeah they're made out of the same polyurethane.

Rubber ones are quieter but don't last as long.

Still, after replacing the worn ones, the creaking is still evident. Unless something is wrong with the mounts, my guess is the struts...

[SAV84C]

Do you have the red sti struts or black ones? I know the red ones can be regreased to quieten them not sure if u can with the black ones... Should be a nut on the bottom of the strut...

[Morgan]

I have the black ones but they're the 06 STi ones which can be regreased.

[Morgan]

Had to duck out for work and couldn't stand the knocking! Dropped into Kariong Automotive and asked to borrow a socket set.

The bush is back in for now. Hopefully it stays that's way!

[Cam.]

Maybe a little less grease?

[CodeBurn3r]

YUNO have tools in car?

/Doesn't believe is true Subaru enthusiast

Mine has a groove in which the bush compresses into on the D.. but mine isn't Whiteline (Cusco or something) that seems to stop it popping out..
did you grease the outside of the bush? i don't think you should have.. only the inside needs grease.. and even then, only a light spray with something like Lithium grease is all i did..

[Morgan]

This is where I get confused!

I did grease the outside of the bush but only because I've read it's best to 'grease anything that touches metal'.

I've also read to 'pack it with as much grease as possible'!

I suppose you just have to find what works best for you..?

Maybe a little less grease?

Haha by default this is now how I'm rolling!

[SAV84C]

I use to use spray on lithium grease but found it didnt stick well to the bushes



so I started using this molybdenum grease...

[Morgan]

YUNO have tools in car?

Becusse heavy
Because dirty
Because noisy
Because I'm not a mechanic and I like to keep all my tools in one place at home

[Morgan]

I use to use spray on lithium grease but found it didnt stick well to the bushes so I started using molybdenum grease...

The LMM has moly in it and was recommended by most on Ozfoz. Seems to be working well... I think the creaking goes beyond the bushes.


Cam, anything I can do to the mounts to quieter them down. While I was under there yesterday I tightened them up... But I'm not sure where to go from here in that respect.

[TSG]

With that much lube I don't see how the creaking is the bar, gotta be the struts/springs. Gotta be noisy now though? lol. Its also probably why it popped out. Is that one that still remains partially inside the mount/popping out? I am fairly sure the rubber usually has a ridge to stop them from popping out.

Springs can creak in the strutts and not be related to the strutt itself, shitty rubber or fitment in there. In our old 4x4 the creaking was almost always a dead steering ball joint. So it can be anything.