front end noise

[hondamonster]

when a shock is blown does it make any noises?

[ExplodingCake]

when a shock is blown does it make any noises?

according to my experience , it does not. All you do is bounce a lot lol.

[CB7tunerkid]

yah, if yuore hearing knocking noises its probly suspension problems or cv joint....you'll know if yuor shock is blown from the way the car will bounce around

[GhostAccord]

The only noise you might get is if you hit a nice roller (bump) and the shock bottoms out. You may hear a clunk or thud at as the top & bottom of the shock touch. or If your shocks were leaking and they have run dry they may start to grind or squeak when you go over bumps. Other than that they usually just bounce.

[vinbon63]

If they are competely done you will hear, as just said, clunking noises over even small bumps.

[Dani Filth]

your springs can squeak though

[hondamonster]

im thinking the spring is squeaking. my shock is blown because the car sit lower on the right side than the left. it bottoms out when i hit a big pot hole. it squeaks over any bump and it also squeaks when i turn the wheel only to the right. i replaced the uca. the LBJ is still in good shape theres no play. the tie rod joint is also in good shape. is there any movement to the shock or spring when the wheel is turn awhile the car is not moving?

[GhostAccord]

You may want to check the spring itself rather than the shock. The strut or shock as we are calling it here does not directly control ride hight on it's own. If you have an adjustable bottom spring retainer then the strut will control the hight of the spring which in turn gives you your ride hight. A shock will bottom out under the normal weight of a parked car without a spring to hold it up. It sounds more like you have a badly stressed out spring, broken spring, bad strut mount or the spring retainer on the bottom of the strut has let go.

[Yossarian]

Listen to Ghostaccord. You have spring problems. Sounds like an excuse to lower it.

[almostJDM]

Listen to Ghostaccord. You have spring problems. Sounds like an excuse to lower it.

and oh what a great excuse it is lol both my front springs have a broken coil on em lol and the left sits an inch lower then the right lol

[hondamonster]

well guys. i replaced the strut and coil with a used set from the junk yard. no luck. so it wasn't them. after going threw all the forum pages on suspension. i read that sometime the sway bar bushings can make noises. so i sprayed wd-40 on the sway bar bushing and the LCA bushing and and no more noises. but it didn't last to long before the squeaking came back. tomorrow im going to replace the bushings for the sway bar and the LCA. maybe this is it. i'll post the results as soon as i can. wish me luck lol.

[NAiL05]

Yea bushing can cause squeaking. Blown shocks can cause abnormal sagging/bouncing as suggested.