JoshCorti11

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hey guys i am having a weird problem with my b4.1 and just cant figure it out every time my shock is almost fully compressed into the shock body it makes a weird click it only happends with the front shocks. I also just rebuilt the shocks. i think the problem is come from something in the steering assemble but everything is built perfect in there so any input is helpfull

e_lu_sive1

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try tearing down it down and rebuild it..make sure everything is 100%

MrGidi123

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Hey,
Can you might do a picture?
And it might also be the piston which isn't cut nicely

Kent Beal

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Does the click happen with the shocks off the car and you compress them?

Remove parts until you find the problem
1. Start by popping the ball cups off the steering arm
2. Remove camber links
3. take the castor/steering blocks of the A-arm and so on until you find the cause.


Good luck

Bob Barry

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First things first. Establish where the noise is coming from. Take the shocks off the car and see if the noise is still present and if it is, where is it coming from. Shocks don't just make clicking noises and still perform properly. That's not the way they are designed. My thoughts are that if your shocks internals are built right, which it sounds as though they are, then your issue is in a link somewhere that moves when you compress the suspension.

Spots to check:

Steering rack (inluding bearings in the rack)
ball cups (all of them)
hingepins, inner and outter
shock bushings
eyelet that the shock shaft threads into


If you take the shock off and the sound goes away, start undoing all your ball cups and then mount 1 shock at a time... test the shock by moving the suspension. If still no sound, attach one link (both ball cups) and repeat until you have gone through them all 1 at a time. If still no sound, do the entire left side... then do the entire right side....

If none of this works. buy a 22

JoshCorti11

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it does not happen when the shock are off i am going to try all the little stuff now

JoshCorti11

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ok guys first thing i did was pop off the ballcups that were on the front caster blocks and sure enough the sound stopped and the shock were smooth as glass but when i pop them back on it starts up again (obviosly) any ideas now.
Thanks

Bob Barry

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shocks attached or no?

JoshCorti11

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yes the shocks are on when I did this test

racer1812

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some after market ball cups are a little big and can bind the steering rack at full compression.

brent701

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Makes noise when full up travel. with or without the shock
Without the shock it may be in the suspension
With the shock it could be both.
How many limiters did you install in the shocks when you rebuilt them?

Gotta try to narrow it down to shock or car

e_lu_sive1

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sounds like a bad shock ball end

JoshCorti11

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to be more specific it is coming from the car because when the shocks are off the car and i compress the shocks themselves they are smooth as glass and i just rebuilt them. But when the shocks are on the car about 3cm before the shock is fully compressed there is a obnoxious little click that i can't figure out where it is coming from but now when i took the ball cup off from the front caster blocks and while the shocks are still on the care the clicking sound stops.

e_lu_sive1

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ok so not the shocks..ball cups or ball ends..check everything thats y u do a tear down..

racer1812

iTrader: (31)

Either way you should have quoted your original post in the b4.1 thread and posted it again.