Cure for front end clunk/pop/rattle/thump noise with TRD springs - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

TRD VVTi · 07-20-2008, 05:17 PM

I just changed the oil and rotated the tires on my Camry. I've had a front end clunk type noise that occurs when changing directions, turning, and accelerating. It occurred more often when turning and accelerating.

Here's how I fixed it:

1) Jack the front of the car up and remove the wheels. Be sure to let the front suspension hang. You will need the springs to be extended. Be sure to use jack stands under the subframe of the vehicle for safety.

2) Check the springs and note where coils rub each other when they are compressed (when there is weight on the front suspension).

3) Clean the area where the spring coils contact each other.

4) Apply grease or other lubricant to the area(s) where the coils are contacting each other.

5) Reinstall your wheels, lower the car to the ground, and torque the wheels to the proper specification.

6) Test drive your Camry and verify the repair. I'm confident that the noise will be gone.

I hope that helps many of the people with front end noise complaints and TRD springs. Good luck.

***fdexclpl*** · 07-20-2008, 05:20 PM

I'm going to try it out this week. Thanks for the tip!

TRD VVTi · 07-20-2008, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by fdexclpl

I'm going to try it out this week. Thanks for the tip!

My pleasure. Please post if it takes care of the problem. I'm sure that it will.

carlo$ · 07-20-2008, 07:36 PM

got pics?

TRD VVTi · 07-20-2008, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by carlo$

got pics?

Sorry, I do not. I wasn't 100% positive that would fix the problem, plus it's so easy that I didn't feel pics were necessary.

somick · 07-21-2008, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by TRD VVTi

3) Clean the area where the spring coils contact each other.

4) Apply grease or other lubricant to the area(s) where the coils are contacting each other.

I hope that helps many of the people with front end noise complaints and TRD springs. Good luck.

What is going to happen when dirt and sand from the road stick to the grease?

Sam

***CharmCityES*** · 07-21-2008, 05:19 PM

thanks for the tip TRD! that noise is fuggin annoying
i just wish i could figure out why my car feels so damn loose all the time...bumps make it feel so damn clunky

TRD VVTi · 07-22-2008, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by semyonlibman

What is going to happen when dirt and sand from the road stick to the grease?

Sam

It will be pushed away from the spring contact points. Some will stick to the spring. That's better than noise in my opinion. You can't see the spring anyways...

JustAnotherAsian · 07-22-2008, 03:03 PM

just to add- i had the same problem on all four corners and thought about the same thing. a little grease on the obvious contact points ("obvious" because there was a little scraping on some places of the coils) helped. after a few days, it practically cured itself.

i believe this is why tein ships certain spring packages with those rubber (or whatever material that is) sleeves.

TRD VVTi · 07-22-2008, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JustAnotherAsian

just to add- i had the same problem on all four corners and thought about the same thing. a little grease on the obvious contact points ("obvious" because there was a little scraping on some places of the coils) helped. after a few days, it practically cured itself.

i believe this is why tein ships certain spring packages with those rubber (or whatever material that is) sleeves.

My TRD springs have rubber type sleeves around the bottom coils, so do the factory springs on the '05 Highlander 4WD.

I looked at the Highlander springs and none of the coils touch each other. It would have been nice if TRD would have put the rubber farther up the springs.