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zulublue:
Ada, just don't come past my window at 3 in the morning :twisted:  LOL :lol:

paul_humphreys:

--- Quote from: "ada110crew" ---after a weekend of laning in the LAKE DISTRICT, I'd thought i'd ask you lot if any of you encounter the same sort of noises that i get...When doing serious rock crawlin, or heavy lanes and twisty stuff, my 110 DC (which has 3"lift, dislo cones front/rear) makes the noisiest glankin and boinkin going...should i grease the cones and lube up the rest of the hardware..?
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Yes its the springs going back in place. Mine does the same on the front but not on the rear as I have the QT relocators on the bottom. Its a lot quiter that way.

Paul

markyb:
i have the same issue,  dislocating cones ,   or turn head cones as i get the comments your cvs gone or did you break a drive shaft.

but they have grown on me, i m liking the sound or is that i dont want to shell out for other types as these were cheap.

i find mainly the front that makes the most noise

Porny:
The first time I heard a set relocate with chassis mounted relocation cones I nearly had a heart attack (was a passenger in the back... and they went back with a BANG!!!)

As pointed out, this is only a problem with chassis mounted relocation cones.... axle mounted ones (like QT jobbies) make next to no noise when the spring gets guided back into place - most of the time I don't hear them re-seat.

If you want to see one cause of the problem, jack up one side of the LR and when the spring is fully dislocated, have a look at the relationship between the spring and the guide - you will notice that it is off set.  To be re-seated onto the chassis mounted relocation cone, the spring gets physically forced to take a different path, due to the fact the axle piviots around the trailing arm - i.e the spring (and thus the axle) does not go up and down in a straight plane.

Axle mounted guides do not suffer from the same problem as the axle comes back up in natural arc, pivioting around the trailing arm,it meets the spring that is hanging in vertical position, and doesn't need to force the spring in a different direction....

I hope this sort of makes sense...  will try and find some photos to explain.


Ian

anaxemurderer:
Not entirely sure about that.  Specifically I would have thought it was the spring catching on the top spring mount that causes the bang. When chassis mounted cones relocate they are still forcing the spring across but there isn't the same sort of mount to catch against. But i may be wrong.

Noticed with my qt rears that the spring doesn't always come back down onto the cone. Last time it 'reseated' onto the brake caliper, which rally was alarming! The brake pipe actually went up into the spring and then back dow to the caliper.

Nick

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