Groining Camry
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From: RD on 17 Jul 2008 14:52 My 1998 Camry LE has a lot of noise from the front end. It sounds like groaning and creaking. Is this a common problem for the 1997-2001 series or peculiar to mine. Struts have been changed. I am trying to decide if I should start changing out everything to see what works (elimination) or if best to target likely areas (but which one(s)?).
From: Wayne55dud on 19 Jul 2008 07:57 On Jul 17, 2:52 pm, "RD" <dosvader2...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > My 1998 Camry LE has a lot of noise from the front end. It sounds like > groaning and creaking. Is this a common problem for the 1997-2001 series or > peculiar to mine. Struts have been changed. I am trying to decide if I > should start changing out everything to see what works (elimination) or if > best to target likely areas (but which one(s)?). There are a lot of rubber bushings in the front suspension components. Get some rubber lube and squirt up all the bushings.
From: johngdole on 19 Jul 2008 15:00 Under what driving conditions do you hear the noises? Speed bumps, driveway, slow speeds, higher speeds etc? Have someone listen to it driving slow in the parking lot, exercise necessary precautions. Did you also changed out the strut mounts (and the rubber boots and spring seats) while at it? That's why some people like to use Monroe QuickStruts, all new components. http://www.monroe.com/products/mp_detail.asp?cat=0&detail=Quick-Strut Your generation of Camry do suffer from bad strut mounts, as well as later Camrys (02-06) generation rear mounts if you check the TSB (technical service bulletins). Cheap designs if you ask me. So I'd use Monroe mounts. There are other rubber parts (stabilizer bar bushings, control arm bushings etc) and as Wayne mentioned those could be the sources too. But if the mounts weren't changed then that's the primary suspect. On Jul 17, 11:52 am, "RD" <dosvader2...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > My 1998 Camry LE has a lot of noise from the front end. It sounds like > groaning and creaking. Is this a common problem for the 1997-2001 series or > peculiar to mine. Struts have been changed. I am trying to decide if I > should start changing out everything to see what works (elimination) or if > best to target likely areas (but which one(s)?).
From: RD on 22 Jul 2008 11:13 Per your questions: The groaning occurs during city driving going over bumps and dips. (Unfortunately we have a lot of them) The strut mounts were not changed out. The struts installed were Toyota replacements. I had noticed at one time the noise disappears when I carry a weight in the trunk and is prevalent while driving with a passenger. Earlier when I posted this someone suggest that the solution should be obvious: put the passenger in the trunk! :) The other item is the rear suspension is quite soft. 2 or 3 people in the back seat and I can be bottoming out pulling into the driveway. Robin <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:50e3277b-66ef-401d-a455-ccc11f91dfd0(a)z6g2000pre.googlegroups.com... Under what driving conditions do you hear the noises? Speed bumps, driveway, slow speeds, higher speeds etc? Have someone listen to it driving slow in the parking lot, exercise necessary precautions. Did you also changed out the strut mounts (and the rubber boots and spring seats) while at it? That's why some people like to use Monroe QuickStruts, all new components. http://www.monroe.com/products/mp_detail.asp?cat=0&detail=Quick-Strut Your generation of Camry do suffer from bad strut mounts, as well as later Camrys (02-06) generation rear mounts if you check the TSB (technical service bulletins). Cheap designs if you ask me. So I'd use Monroe mounts. There are other rubber parts (stabilizer bar bushings, control arm bushings etc) and as Wayne mentioned those could be the sources too. But if the mounts weren't changed then that's the primary suspect. On Jul 17, 11:52 am, "RD" <dosvader2...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > My 1998 Camry LE has a lot of noise from the front end. It sounds like > groaning and creaking. Is this a common problem for the 1997-2001 series > or > peculiar to mine. Struts have been changed. I am trying to decide if I > should start changing out everything to see what works (elimination) or if > best to target likely areas (but which one(s)?).
From: RD on 22 Jul 2008 11:14
What is rubber lube? <Wayne55dud(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:5b6142ed-4caf-405d-9da3-a1fc0bd247b6(a)f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... On Jul 17, 2:52 pm, "RD" <dosvader2...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > My 1998 Camry LE has a lot of noise from the front end. It sounds like > groaning and creaking. Is this a common problem for the 1997-2001 series > or > peculiar to mine. Struts have been changed. I am trying to decide if I > should start changing out everything to see what works (elimination) or if > best to target likely areas (but which one(s)?). There are a lot of rubber bushings in the front suspension components. Get some rubber lube and squirt up all the bushings. |