2012 Titanium Front Strut Low Speed Noise (Clunk/Rattle)

[PratoN]

Originally Posted by Dysan911

FOUND IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to make a video and post shortly. with the help of my son I was able to reproduce the sound 100%.

I don't even have the clunk and the suspense is killing me!

[Dysan911]

Video is uploading at this very moment. I applied my fix and took it for a severe and thorough test drive and it IS GONE!.

[Yanner]

Originally Posted by Dysan911

Video is uploading at this very moment. I applied my fix and took it for a severe and thorough test drive and it IS GONE!.

I really hope the fix isn't the same fix others have "applied"; trading the car in.

[Dysan911]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT9Gw...ature=youtu.be

Let me know if you have any problems with the video.

So, once I discovered this item making this noise, I had my son do the exact same thing you see me doing in the video and I got inside the car. OMG its the EXACT same PITA noise I've been hearing all along. I took some universal packing grease and packed that upper foam piece as best I could. I also locked the lower black dust boot into place and zip tied it tight so it couldn't pop up and creak.

I put about 150lbs in the front seat and went to a parking lot of a nearby closed Food lion and went over several speed bumps, Braking over some really rough pot holes with the wheel turned. There's a place in my development that I can ALWAYS get to make the noise. GONE!. I came home and unloaded the weight. I had my son sit in the front seat and we went back to the same course. It always makes that same noise with him and this time. NOT even a hint of it.

I don't know if this is exactly the same sound others have had but it was really easy get too.

Also. I did tighten up the pinch bolt on the Strut where it connects to the spindle part. It wasn't as tight as I thought it could be so I was able to get that a little bit better.

I"ll keep a close ear for if it creeps back or not. That little part thats making all the noise. You can easily pry it out and down if really wanted to get rid of it. I don't know what function it really serves.

Hope this helps!.

This is the video that led me to check that area of the strut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se7pC9_LY3g

B.

[thejordan]

I'd also cut the top half of the dust boot off and zip tie the bottom to the base.

Usually bump stops don't make a clunking kind of sound, but glad you figured it out. Wonder what Ford has to say or if 13s have a different one.

[Dysan911]

Originally Posted by thejordan

I'd also cut the top half of the dust boot off and zip tie the bottom to the base.

Usually bump stops don't make a clunking kind of sound, but glad you figured it out. Wonder what Ford has to say or if 13s have a different one.

That creaking Sound though when your inside the car. Sounds exactly like a dull clunking noise. Its bizarre.

My theory is, when you have some extra weight in the car from a passenger or when braking. Your compressing that dust boot and its' binding all up, popping and creaking and its like an echo chamber inside. The fact that I have completely eliminated all sounds from mine (knock on wood) tells me that I've found the source. Over the next week when I have more people to test riding with me, over some pretty rough terrain that usually causes the noise. If it passes that test then I'll feel 100x more confident that I nailed it!.

[thejordan]

Originally Posted by Dysan911

That creaking Sound though when your inside the car. Sounds exactly like a dull clunking noise. Its bizarre.

My theory is, when you have some extra weight in the car from a passenger or when braking. Your compressing that dust boot and its' binding all up, popping and creaking and its like an echo chamber inside. The fact that I have completely eliminated all sounds from mine (knock on wood) tells me that I've found the source. Over the next week when I have more people to test riding with me, over some pretty rough terrain that usually causes the noise. If it passes that test then I'll feel 100x more confident that I nailed it!.

nice, that's a fairly universal product, you can get bump stops made out of polyurethane instead of foam. when i have a chance this week, i'll check out mine to compare to the 12.

[Shade-010]

Originally Posted by Dysan911

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT9Gw...ature=youtu.be

Let me know if you have any problems with the video.

So, once I discovered this item making this noise, I had my son do the exact same thing you see me doing in the video and I got inside the car. OMG its the EXACT same PITA noise I've been hearing all along. I took some universal packing grease and packed that upper foam piece as best I could. I also locked the lower black dust boot into place and zip tied it tight so it couldn't pop up and creak.

I put about 150lbs in the front seat and went to a parking lot of a nearby closed Food lion and went over several speed bumps, Braking over some really rough pot holes with the wheel turned. There's a place in my development that I can ALWAYS get to make the noise. GONE!. I came home and unloaded the weight. I had my son sit in the front seat and we went back to the same course. It always makes that same noise with him and this time. NOT even a hint of it.

I don't know if this is exactly the same sound others have had but it was really easy get too.

Also. I did tighten up the pinch bolt on the Strut where it connects to the spindle part. It wasn't as tight as I thought it could be so I was able to get that a little bit better.

I"ll keep a close ear for if it creeps back or not. That little part thats making all the noise. You can easily pry it out and down if really wanted to get rid of it. I don't know what function it really serves.

Hope this helps!.

This is the video that led me to check that area of the strut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se7pC9_LY3g

B.

Not to doubt ya, but give it a month or so, and see if it comes back.

[Dysan911]

Originally Posted by Shade-010

Not to doubt ya, but give it a month or so, and see if it comes back.

Will do. If it does. I may try removing that squeaky styrofoam piece and or the dust boot.

[Dysan911]

Drove to dinner with a car load. ALWAYS clunks with that many in the car. I intentionally went for every pot hole, bump, trasition change etc. absolutely SILENT!