x25xtalife

Yesterday Me And A Friend Of Mine Installed Some Springs On My 03 Ex. Everything Thing Went Ok Until We Pu It Down And Now When U Turn The Wheel The Sprngs Pop. Any Ideas?

03civda

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Yes, I just went trhough this, you can probably see my post from a couple weeks ago around here somewhere. It ended up being this: When you took off that metal plate on the upper part of your frount struts, you didn't put the bearing (it's actually a rubber bushing) back in. I went to great lengths to try and figure this out and finally did. By the way, it was the same car, 03 EX.

x25xtalife

Nah. Its There Everything Is On The Strut That Is Supposed To Be. I Work At Honda And Had A Tech Do It So Im Pretty Sure We Put Everyhting Back On

flotsamm

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Dod you index them properly?

x25xtalife

Yea We Marked Them...they Went Back In The Same Way They Came Out

mos_skeeto

I just got springs installed and it poped a few times when I was driving. Once today when I was breaking. :S

nitroal1973

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I ended up having to change one of the bearing plates in my car to rid the popping noise.

Juggaman

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Mine pop...But they'll pop for a week straight (turns) then all of a sudden it stops for a week. Its annoying, but its also a good conversation piece when people ride with me...

EM2jdm

mine doesn't pop but clicks and this is on my TEIN Basics

05civicexse

i have the eibach prokit, it took a couple miles driving on them for them to set in place, i noticed the popping, i made sure everything was tight, then i went down some residential streets and threw the car around, the spring settled and they have been quiet since. i would reccomend turning a few sharp turns a little faster than normal. It worked for me.

streetglower

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Just because you are sure you put everything back in doesnt mean you did. You need to go back and check everything over. Honda techs are known to make mistakes now and then. Even good techs make mistakes. Besides, have him check it, he installed them.

_Viper_

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God damn newspeeds pop period!!!!!!!!!

even on my 05 installed by honda

flotsamm

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One of the most common problems that cause popping noises are:

- The spring isnt seated correctly in the top perch'es rubber isolator
- The bearing is worn out or needs repacking
- The top mount isnt seated/installed correctly in the tower
- The tie rod end is defective
- The spring is coil binding
- The top strut nut isnt tightened enough

Just because everything is installed doesnt mean it was done correctly. The tech should of known you dont need to mark everything. You just line up the arrows on the top mount and upper spring perch with the hole on the lower perch like this:



Then all you do is make sure nothing moves when you install the whole assembly. Did you leave the coil wrap(rubberized tubing that comes factory installed) on?

x25xtalife

My Springs Didnt Have The Rubber Around Them...which I Found Kinda Strang.
The Factory Springs I Mean

05civicexse

the stock spings do not matter, they are not on the car now... which ones did you lower the car with?? did the aftermerket springs have rubber on them??

flotsamm

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Factory springs wont have coil wrap tubing since their a linear spring and the coils dont rub against each other like a progressive spring which has dead coils.

CivicHatch9one

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my springs pop as well....mine poped when i first put it down then they stopped and now they just kinda come and go as they please....i am going to try and repack the berings today.... and see...... ill let you know if the problem is fixed or if i figure somthing out...

CivicHatch9one

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Got it......when i took em out the berings were greased but kinda hard to move....so what i did was greased the Sht out of them....in the bering and on top....i put it down and now not one pop the entire time....hope this helps....