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MyEvilMonkeys · 09-06-2014, 11:16 PM

Yea, I had same issue. Forum search kinda sucks but this was my post a few months back... http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64048

Dezoris · 09-07-2014, 03:08 PM

Thanks!

MINOCIN · 09-09-2014, 01:04 AM

My car occasionally makes the same noise too, so I decided to check the strut nuts as well. I tried to wiggle the bar and it felt tight. I then checked the nuts with my fingers and they were not crazy loose. Finally, I set my torque wrench to 12 ft/lb and started with the driver side nuts and sure enough they were loose. Unfortunately, one of the bolts snapped on the third quarter turn

I checked the rest of the bolts and they all felt similarly loose, but I didn't perform more than one quarter turn on each because I was afraid of snapping another bolt.

Now that I'm missing one bolt I wonder if the noise will occur more often? In the mean time, I need to look for stronger bolts.

Superhatch · 09-12-2014, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MyEvilMonkeys

Yea, I had same issue. Forum search kinda sucks but this was my post a few months back... http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64048

It seems like you and I had the same crazy journey! Hopefully this knowledge gets spread and more people don't have to deal with months of worry.

Hanakuso · 09-12-2014, 05:33 PM

The fix to your issue seems strange to me. IIRC, those bolts were on very fit from factory when I loosened them

Superhatch · 05-18-2015, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Hanakuso

The fix to your issue seems strange to me. IIRC, those bolts were on very fit from factory when I loosened them

My only thought was that lowering the car might have caused the bars to work a little harder, or interact with the frame in a different way which might have actually taken some stress off them? I'm not 100% sure about the root cause of why they loosened up, but I am 100% sure that tightening the nuts solved my issue.

sittinSideways · 05-18-2015, 07:29 PM

Thank you so much for the write up!

636 · 07-13-2016, 11:05 PM

bringing it back from the dead. my car just started producing this same noise. I tightened those bolts..noise is still there.

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09-09-2014, 01:04 AM	#17
MINOCIN Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: Asphalt 2013 FR-S Location: United States Posts: 140 Thanks: 163 Thanked 41 Times in 33 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My car occasionally makes the same noise too, so I decided to check the strut nuts as well. I tried to wiggle the bar and it felt tight. I then checked the nuts with my fingers and they were not crazy loose. Finally, I set my torque wrench to 12 ft/lb and started with the driver side nuts and sure enough they were loose. Unfortunately, one of the bolts snapped on the third quarter turn I checked the rest of the bolts and they all felt similarly loose, but I didn't perform more than one quarter turn on each because I was afraid of snapping another bolt. Now that I'm missing one bolt I wonder if the noise will occur more often? In the mean time, I need to look for stronger bolts. __________________ GFR - aka my build thread "They don't think it be like it is, but it do." -Oscar Gamble

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