Front Suspension Clanking and Clicking Noises?????????

[mx54life]

Selective (not all the time) clicking and clanking noise.......

1. Certain bumps, road markers/reflectors and other imperfections.

2. When I come off the driveway on first gear.

3. Coming off reverse.


History.......from last week.

1. Had the car aligned and then I replaced all the front OEM eccentrics washers with that of Flyin' Miata/PACO Eccentric Locks.

2. Replaced brake calipers, rotors and pads in all four corners.

3. I bed the pads to the rotors as instructed then the morning after the noises became apparent.


What I have done.....sadly no relief.

I have loosen up the eccentric nuts twice already and torque them to spec 103 ft lb with the car weight on. And I also rechecked the torque on all bolts related to the brake install.


Funny is that other than the mysterious noise the car handles perfect as I have increased the ride height to F 12.5 and R 12.8 thus gave me room to soften the settings a bit. And the new brakes bits like a b!t(# LOL.

Any thought (am I missing something) before I replace the FM's eccentric locks back to OEM washers?

Thanks in advance!!!

[Greasemonkey2000]

The noise just appear since the installation oc the new eccentric bolts? You are still on the AFCO's correct? They have a history of being noisy and this has been confirmed by Flyin Miata.

[mx54life]

Still on AFCO yes. The noise is the swishing sound when I hit a bump or driveway ramp. But this clicking and clanking is something different Chad.
It may just be me but I just notice it after I installed the PACO eccentric locks and the BBK. So something I have missed along the way.

[HarryB]

Hmm...have you installed brake pad springs or not?

[mx54life]

Hmm...have you installed brake pad springs or not?

Brilliant Harry. That could be it. I did not.

[mx54life]

Pardon the old ears but the noises are emanating from the new Top-Locs I installed few days back. It is indeed a rattle lol.

[HarryB]

Glad you found out what it was Ed!