Actually if it makes that sound you probably damaged something by bottoming out. If you hit the hard (metal on metal) bottom rather than hitting a snubber. Check out your strut mounts and also your suspension bushings. It's likely that at least one of them is toast. Also you might want to check your motor mounts. I don't know about the Nissan type but the pancake type they use on Volvos can (and will) be broken by one good hard impact. Also you might want to just remove your lower control arm and make sure it's straight. When you bottom out the suspension, something has to give. Metal will bend, or rubber will break. If you don't feel confident inspecting it yourself, I would take the whole car to a decent (NOT Firestone or Goodyear) front end shop and have them give it an inspection. Tell them exactly what happened and see what they think. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Greyson Crowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 9:57 AM To: Sentra Mailing List Subject: SML: suspension noise(Me Too) My car made a similar noise when I put my coilovers in...it was basically bottoming out..then I put new struts in..since then I have not had it re-alligned due to money but am goin to have it done this following week..anyways it makes a horrible breaking noise up front when i turn the wheels..what is the reason for the noise..it is only lowered maybe 1.5 inches in the rear and 2" in the front..and I'm using KYB GR2 struts...and a front strut bar Thanx, Greyson Crowe > > Could be the rear strut mounts, then. How many miles you have on the car? > > -----Original Message----- > From: dj tic toc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 7:47 PM > To: Sentra Mailing List > Subject: RE: SML: suspension noise > > > > > > >From: "Perron, Dave C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Sentra Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Sentra Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: SML: suspension noise > >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:43:34 -0500 > > > >It could be strut mounts. Check them out. The strut mount is where the > >top > >of the strut mounts into the shock tower. When they get worn out they make > >a lot of noise and also start to give random steering problems. > > > the noise is mainly comming from the back. it sounds as if something in the > rear suspension is loose but everything is tighty tight. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > To unsubscribe, put "unsubscribe" (by itself) in the subject and send to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the form at http://www.sentra.net/sml > > > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > To unsubscribe, put "unsubscribe" (by itself) in the subject and send to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the form at http://www.sentra.net/sml ------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for ICQmail at http://www.icq.com/icqmail/signup.html +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ To unsubscribe, put "unsubscribe" (by itself) in the subject and send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the form at http://www.sentra.net/sml +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ To unsubscribe, put "unsubscribe" (by itself) in the subject and send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the form at http://www.sentra.net/sml
