Weird sound near full lock - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Andrewkd · 03-30-2022, 01:18 AM

Hey everyone,

There is a weird clank sound coming from the front when near full lock, usually in reverse but can happen going forward as well and sometimes it stops, I posted a 48 second video on YouTube to see if anyone is familiar with it, here’s the link: https://youtube.com/shorts/EwUQB5KN188?feature=share

Hoping anyone is familiar with this before taking it to Subaru!

Cheers.

Edit: I must say the car is completely stock, never touched anything on it.

humfrz · 04-04-2022, 02:05 AM

So, Andrewkd, what did the dealer have to say?

wolffbite · 04-04-2022, 11:48 AM

Sounds to me like a bit of spring bind or your tophat bearings making a bit of noise.

Nothing serious, but certainly annoying. You will hear it most when dry steering like you are doing in the vid, and pretty common to hear when reversing and turning too.

You can likely fix it with new tophats (OEM, Group N, or Pedders if you want some extra camber/caster), but considering how mild it is right now it probably isn't worth the money. Do NOT use whiteline tophats as they will fail early and get even noisier than this.

If it were me, I would leave it.

03-30-2022, 01:18 AM	#1
Andrewkd Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2021 Drives: 2017 Yellow series Location: FL Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Weird sound near full lock Hey everyone, There is a weird clank sound coming from the front when near full lock, usually in reverse but can happen going forward as well and sometimes it stops, I posted a 48 second video on YouTube to see if anyone is familiar with it, here’s the link: https://youtube.com/shorts/EwUQB5KN188?feature=share Hoping anyone is familiar with this before taking it to Subaru! Cheers. Edit: I must say the car is completely stock, never touched anything on it. Last edited by Andrewkd; 03-30-2022 at 01:19 AM. Reason: Added information

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wolffbite Just the tip Join Date: Mar 2017 Drives: 2017 DGM BRZ Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 630 Thanks: 912 Thanked 875 Times in 376 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Sounds to me like a bit of spring bind or your tophat bearings making a bit of noise. Nothing serious, but certainly annoying. You will hear it most when dry steering like you are doing in the vid, and pretty common to hear when reversing and turning too. You can likely fix it with new tophats (OEM, Group N, or Pedders if you want some extra camber/caster), but considering how mild it is right now it probably isn't worth the money. Do NOT use whiteline tophats as they will fail early and get even noisier than this. If it were me, I would leave it.

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