rear end noise - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

03wrxwagon · 2009-05-31, 04:49 PM

i have a noise in my rear left side from 1-22mph noise is a clunking and sucks to be pulling into meets and have everyone hear it..oh yeah im a noob to the site

zpeed · 2009-05-31, 04:51 PM

Is it smell?

03wrxwagon · 2009-05-31, 04:56 PM

no smell..i check my shafts,endlinks, have not check wheel bearings also read forum about someones strut was making noise

sperry · 2009-05-31, 08:13 PM

My 1st guess is endlinks... you make not be able to tell they're worn just by looking at them w/o taking them off the bar since they may be pre-loaded enough when the car's static to hide play.

Rear struts are notorious for making clunking noise, but that's usually on the STis. Then again, if you've got more than 60k miles on the struts, they could be dead already.

03wrxwagon · 2009-05-31, 09:04 PM

i just dont get why those would be making a clunking noise when moving at that speed

szucchet · 2009-06-01, 07:06 AM

my rear struts clunk an slow speeds or maybe they clunk all the time I just only hear it when am going slow. Can you point is the noise is coming from the top area of your trunk or the lower area?

Dean · 2009-06-01, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 03wrxwagon

i just dont get why those would be making a clunking noise when moving at that speed

Because they do and road noise is not high enough to drown them out.

wrxkidid · 2009-06-01, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dean

Because I say they do

*fixed

Dean · 2009-06-01, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrxkidid

*fixed

No, it is a known issue with the cars and a common complaint. I believe we had someone else in the club with the issue in the past couple months, and many of us have had it.

Kevin M · 2009-06-01, 03:12 PM

A quick way to check is to remove the endlinks and take a spin around the block.

03wrxwagon · 2009-06-01, 06:02 PM

leave the endlinks off or what for that spin around the block

Kevin M · 2009-06-01, 06:47 PM

Yep. Can't really drive around with no struts, but the endlinks are purely optional.

03wrxwagon · 2009-06-01, 06:51 PM

ok ill try that out

sperry · 2009-06-02, 01:29 PM

Don't forget to zip-tie the sway bar up and out of the way of the control arms just to be sure you don't catch it on anything and bend the snot out of it or a lateral link.

cody · 2009-06-02, 03:12 PM

I was thinking the same thing.

2009-05-31, 04:49 PM	#1
03wrxwagon EJ22 Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 188	rear end noise i have a noise in my rear left side from 1-22mph noise is a clunking and sucks to be pulling into meets and have everyone hear it..oh yeah im a noob to the site

2009-05-31, 08:13 PM	#4
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	My 1st guess is endlinks... you make not be able to tell they're worn just by looking at them w/o taking them off the bar since they may be pre-loaded enough when the car's static to hide play. Rear struts are notorious for making clunking noise, but that's usually on the STis. Then again, if you've got more than 60k miles on the struts, they could be dead already. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2009-06-01, 03:12 PM	#10
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	A quick way to check is to remove the endlinks and take a spin around the block. __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2009-06-01, 06:47 PM	#12
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	Yep. Can't really drive around with no struts, but the endlinks are purely optional. __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2009-06-02, 01:29 PM	#14
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Don't forget to zip-tie the sway bar up and out of the way of the control arms just to be sure you don't catch it on anything and bend the snot out of it or a lateral link. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2009-05-31, 04:51 PM	#2
zpeed EJ251 Real Name: Nat S Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Reno, NV USA Posts: 743 Car: 06 S2000 Class: RNP & PDX	Is it smell?

2009-05-31, 04:56 PM	#3
03wrxwagon EJ22 Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 188	no smell..i check my shafts,endlinks, have not check wheel bearings also read forum about someones strut was making noise

2009-05-31, 09:04 PM	#5
03wrxwagon EJ22 Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 188	i just dont get why those would be making a clunking noise when moving at that speed

2009-06-01, 07:06 AM	#6
szucchet EJ22 Real Name: Silvio Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: sacramento, ca Posts: 271 Car: 2004 Subaru STI Class: 04 TSM smooth is fast	my rear struts clunk an slow speeds or maybe they clunk all the time I just only hear it when am going slow. Can you point is the noise is coming from the top area of your trunk or the lower area?

2009-06-01, 06:02 PM	#11
03wrxwagon EJ22 Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 188	leave the endlinks off or what for that spin around the block

2009-06-01, 06:51 PM	#13
03wrxwagon EJ22 Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 188	ok ill try that out

2009-06-02, 03:12 PM	#15
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	I was thinking the same thing. __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo.

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