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**supersonicsvt** · 07-01-2008, 08:55 AM

I've been driving the car more the last couple days, and the KA-CHUNKs are more frequent. My impression is that the spring is not free to rotate with the strut and is slipping in the seats - i.e., the top hat is not rotating as much as the lower spring seat and is torque-ing up the spring - until it shifts in the seat (pops).

The popping does not happen in the same place everytime, leading me to think it isn't a mounting studs/clearance issue.

Anyone think a thin rubber isolator in the seats would keep the spring from shifting?

07-01-2008, 08:55 AM	#13
supersonicsvt Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,062	Re: H&R reace with koni with camber plates? I've been driving the car more the last couple days, and the KA-CHUNKs are more frequent. My impression is that the spring is not free to rotate with the strut and is slipping in the seats - i.e., the top hat is not rotating as much as the lower spring seat and is torque-ing up the spring - until it shifts in the seat (pops). The popping does not happen in the same place everytime, leading me to think it isn't a mounting studs/clearance issue. Anyone think a thin rubber isolator in the seats would keep the spring from shifting? __________________ '02 Sonic Blue SVT #504