Grating noise on full lock right turns

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:48 pm

So I just got my car back together, now with WRX struts, and Ive noticed a harsh grinding noise when going around hard right hand corners.

We painted the inside rim of the tire, and its not coming from that.

Any ideas?

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:12 pm

Did you remember to get the washer(s) in the right place on the strut assembly? I forgot the placement of one when I was doing a friend's suspension last year and it drove me nuts until I took the damn assembly apart and noticed a washer in the wrong place.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:24 pm

The strut assembly wasnt disassembled. It was unbolted from the WRX and bolted onto my legacy

Imprezive · Post by **Imprezive** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:44 pm

check powersteering fluid

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:45 pm

Its coming from the drivers side front wheel area, for sure.

And I only get it when the car is moving

greg donovan · Post by **greg donovan** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:47 pm

have you checked the wheel bearings?

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:51 pm

No... but everything was peachy before I changed struts

Imprezive · Post by **Imprezive** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:35 pm

jack the front end up and crank the wheel to lock and see if anything rubs, then turn the wheel to the opposite lock and do it again. Maybe that might help.

check the tire sidewall to see if its rubbing on the inside fender lip, check that lip too, if there is any rubber shavings or anything like that.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:50 pm

Yea Ive tried that... its driving me nuts

I need to get it running on a hoist

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:40 am

Hmm... turns out its not just full lock.

Partial rights at speed produce the same sound

Im wondering if it could just be bad alignment

Imprezive · Post by **Imprezive** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:46 pm

Your camber might be off because of the new struts, and the fact that it occurs at speed makes me think it's your wheels rubbing the fender lip, in my brothers legacy it makes a scraping noise that you wouldnt really expect from a tire rubbing on a fender. But I guess this isnt the case???

What kind of rims/tires do you have?
What springs are on there? wrx springs?

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:36 pm

Ive got stock rims and stock dimension tires (BFG's)

The entire strut assembly is WRX, springs and tophats.

Imprezive · Post by **Imprezive** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:01 pm

Ummm, totally forgot about this thread... Did you finally figure it out?

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:07 pm

No, but it hugely improved after an alignment. The guy said the camber on that wheel was waaaay off.

I know Ive got torn boots all over that side of the car too. Im hoping to get it up on a hoist in a week or two and replace most of them

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Grating noise on full lock right turns

Grating noise on full lock right turns