knocking sound FL strut after installing RACELAND

[Ronnie]

Check the how the spring is seated like NickL suggested, if you haven't already. I was thinking maybe something wasn't torqued all the way when you put on the Raceland's and you had the same thing happen with the Tien's now. Make sure you're torquing down all the bolts tight enough. Just recheck every bolt and use a torque wrench if possible, even if you're sure that you didn't even loosen that bolt lol. I've heard of people having to tighten the end-links for the sway bars and that solved the noise problem. You said you replaced the TREs but check the hub too for any play, but I think that's unlikely.

Hope you figure it out man. Good luck to you!
: D

Spent all my time yesterday trying to figure out the problem. showed the car to a mechanic, and we came into an agreement that the tie rod is fucked from steering rack, So he told me to get :
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...Picture043.jpg
and
http://www.nengun.com/m-and-m-honda/tie-rod-set

[rd02SiR]

you sure it's not the pillow ball mount? When i got my Megans installed i was getting a popping/clunking noise in the front. Turns out the nut that goes through the pillowball was loose. Hard to explain, but the nut under my dampning adjuster, the middle of the strut¯on top.

[ep-unit]

hope the problem is fixed

[Ronnie]

you sure it's not the pillow ball mount? When i got my Megans installed i was getting a popping/clunking noise in the front. Turns out the nut that goes through the pillowball was loose. Hard to explain, but the nut under my dampning adjuster, the middle of the strut¯on top.

Oh no , its not that
well, it turns out to be my inner tie rod.
long story short, I showed it to a mechanic and he said it could only be the inner tie rod ( 53521-S5A-003 TIE ROD SUB-ASSY ) here : number 6..... which causes the poping sound. - it made sense b/c even without any pressure / load on the suspension it would still pop by trying to move the strut assembly.
so what's the possibility that inner tie rod is messed ?? could it be something else ??

-here is where I feel the poping at; even if i don't touch it i can easily hear it from distance


Edit : picture used as a reference

[Ronnie]

Bump, anyone ?

[ep3jd]

did you use the wrong top spring perch? they give you 2 sets, for 02-03 and for 04-05, maybe this is your issue?

[Jestervs]

I can't look it up right now, but try finding something about replacing that piece that you highlighted in your picture. The piece that your TRE both meet. When you lower the car enough it puts the tie rods at an angle rather than being flat. So It will pop almost like a shoulder from hyper extension. I saw something about someone on ClubRsx selling a replacement because it's a common problem with Electronic Power Steering units when you lower the car to a certain point. If that's where you are feeling/hearing the noise, then it's worth looking into.

[Jestervs]

Here's the page I was talking about:
http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=494883