Honda Car Forum

"PS" <pleasenospam@again.com> wrote in message
news:qeiac.42299$PY.16659@newssvr26.news.prodigy.c om...
> On my '91 accord, I think there is a plastic sleeve around the 2nd or 3rd
> coil on the rear springs. I think the purpose is to muffle the contact
> noise made when they are compressed. Maybe yours has something
similar--and
> you've lost the insulator.
>
> Another possibility might be a broken spring. The front spring on my
Accord
> corroded and broke after 11 yrs. It broke at the 1st or 2nd coil from the
> bottom. This resulted in the right side dropping a little lower than the
> driver's side and the damper being off kilter. When I hit a bump or
> cornered it would click--the shroud at the top of the shock, that was
> rubbing on the side of the shock and also contacting the spring--it was
way
> out of whack. Your car should be too young for a corroded spring, but
it's
> easy enough to check.
>
> PS

Very informative! My car hasn't dropped on neither side but it does
click/clunk/whateveryouwannacallit when I'm accelerating from a stop or when
I'm stopping to a complete stop especially after you stop the car moves in
backwards to balance out horizontally which leads to me to believe it's in
the spring/shocks. I haven't had time to observe due to school and work but
I'll probably be lifting the car over the weekend to see if I can find
anything. The bad thing is once I lift it I can't shake the suspension too
much or the car will fall from the jackstands. Could it be a stabilizer bar,
or maybe the joints/bushings? What does a broken absorber do? Could it be
the back rotors are doing something weird and clunking or something?

I'll be looking at it on saturday most likely. Hopefully the backside won't
drop dead until then ;-)

Thanks!

--Viktor