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by **tim_blair** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:40 am

my mechanic says its quite normal for adjustys to bang and mack alot of noise when driving

he says its the pillow joint at the top

does anyone know how to reduce this noise?

by **Burning Angel** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:48 am

a factory car has rubber bearing mounts to damp the noises out but at the expense of rigidity.

i suppose you could cut a sheet of rubber to fit between the top hat and the strut tower but again thats just introducing slop into the suspension

by **siren676** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:58 am

My camber plates on my car are making a bit of noise as well. I think you'll find that the pillow ball has become worn and needs replacing.

by **iOnic** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:02 pm

Mine are silent.

by **1I1** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:50 pm

iOnic wrote:Mine are silent.

Ditto. Just transfers extra road noise

by **Bazda** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:53 pm

If they are as bad you you describe then you need new pillow balls..

by **Mr Revhead** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:45 pm

SPHERICAL BEARINGS

Nothing pillow about a bearing!

But yes if it has started clattering then it is quite likely those.
Is it a rapid rattly noise?

by **cat007** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:11 am

Bazda wrote:If they are as bad you you describe then you need new pillow balls..

And if they're Tein - they're about $700 for a rear pair....I know this from experience!

I didn't pay that much of course :wink:

by **siren676** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:57 am

Do any traders on here get in cusco pillowballs? My front ones are poked

by **cat007** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:59 am

siren676 wrote:Do any traders on here get in cusco pillowballs? My front ones are poked

I got mine through part master

by **1I1** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:00 am

Mac @ 41.co.nz does Cusco

by **cat007** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:01 am

Ah - sorry mine are Tein not cusco

by **Mr Revhead** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:05 am

I bet they are a standard size. Check engineering supply firms.

by **Bazda** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:41 am

Spherical bearings which are teflon lined in that kinda size would be around $30-50 each.

Race series ones are more like $100 each which have a thicker and stronger teflon.

I use Aurora race series sphericals. They are awesome but $.

by **phoenix** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:17 pm

Last time I checked Autolign would supply Tein replacement pillow balls/spherical bearings for $125 + fitting + GST

I couldn't be bothered with new bearings so adapted a factory top hat onto the fronts, and locked the rear pillow balls in place to eliminate the noise.

I still have the front Tein mounts if anybody wants them to get rebuilt. Off Tein Altezza/JZX110 Type Flex suspension.

by **matt dunn** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:08 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:I bet they are a standard size. Check engineering supply firms.

I wouldn't.

I had to replace the ones in my race car,
The engineering supplies place had them,
but there was twice the movement in thier new ones than there were in my old worn out one.

Ended up getting the right thing through a suspension place.

by **Mr Revhead** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:28 pm

Yeah you have to get the right ones! They are different spec ones and it sounds like you got ones for mechanical activation on machines etc not the high spec ones.

Website · by **Emperor** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:13 pm

I thought I had wear problems when I put the D2s in the Stagea.... Nah turns out top arm is on body lol

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