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Old 03-07-12, 09:56 AM
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Default My rear bags area make squeaky noise went over the police bump.

just installed bags this past week, everytime i went over a police bump, my rear area make a lot of noise, like a squeaky noise, like a rubber noise.....is that normal ?

im using Megan & UAS bags. Anyone using Megan & UAS ? I want to see how the rear adapter look like.
Old 03-07-12, 09:11 PM
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intresting , im getting the same from my fronts but im still on the coil spring.
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coil spring ? i didn't get any noise when i was in coil spring / coilover back then. you might want to double check w/ the installation. whats the brand ?
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Originally Posted by masboy
just installed bags this past week, everytime i went over a police bump, my rear area make a lot of noise, like a squeaky noise, like a rubber noise.....is that normal ?

im using Megan & UAS bags. Anyone using Megan & UAS ? I want to see how the rear adapter look like.
I'm getting this done any pics of how the struts look and did you get the flagship Fbss setup?
Old 03-07-12, 10:57 PM
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My guess is that while your going over the police bumps, its not actually your struts/bags squeaking. But the actual officer screaming for help. I think your best fix would be to move to Mexico. Cause the rest of the police bumps will be looking for you.

I know that my pillow ***** were squeaking, I could not figure it out for a while. but whenever I tried to check to see what was squeaking i could not copy the situation enough. finally pulled the struts and started to check every bolt and bushing in the rear end. Crammed some metal around the pillow ball and put it back in. Tightened the **** out of it. no squeak!
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Originally Posted by gekae24
I'm getting this done any pics of how the struts look and did you get the flagship Fbss setup?
sorry, what is flagship Fbss setup ??

Originally Posted by whit3b0y
I know that my pillow ***** were squeaking, I could not figure it out for a while. but whenever I tried to check to see what was squeaking i could not copy the situation enough. finally pulled the struts and started to check every bolt and bushing in the rear end. Crammed some metal around the pillow ball and put it back in. Tightened the **** out of it. no squeak!
alright, i think i have do this, it's slowly driving me insane
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What is a police bump???

And have you greased the sway bar?
Old 03-09-12, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by camberSC
What is a police bump???

And have you greased the sway bar?
lol police bump is hmm that road bump, i dunno why i called i police bump

why do i need to greased sway bar ? is it touching the bags ? sorry im new w/ bags, so excuse my lame question.
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yeah it actually might be the sway bar bushings. lube them up and see if it goes away. also are you using stock top hats or aftermarket? sometimes aftermarket ones will squeak.
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im using an aftermarket one.

but u know, this past weekend when it was raining like hours, i didnt hear any squeaky sound at all. it was dead quite when i went over the bump. i sprayed WD40 around the sway bar area last week (before the rain), it didn't make any difference. i'll try the sway bar bushings sometimes this weekend. i hope that will do the trick.

i wonder why sway bar bushings will make the sounds, is the position change when u install bags ? sorry, im such a noob around this stuff.

thx RAMPAGEsd!
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