Spohn TA
Spohn TA Ok i did a little research and realized i may have messed something up. When i was installing my spohn chassis mount ta, my friend had the great idea of tighting the bolts where the TA meets the crossmember (where bushings are) as much as he possibly can, and stupid me agreed with him. could this be causing all my clucking and should i loosen them? I wont be able to torque since i cant get the ta off the car....got way too much locktite on the rear bolts.
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I have the same TA in my T/A. I would go back and torque the (2) points to the suggested values if I where you - it allows the pivot to work properly.
As far as the clunking goes - RODRIGUEZ is correct - I called Spohn after my install about the clunking sound, thinking I installed something incorrectly - they ststed that is a 'normal' sound. The sound actually comes from the pivoting action of the front mount - your noise may be aggrevated by the fact that it is not pivoting as freely due to the tightness of the bolts.
Only way to get rid of the sound would be to go back to the sliding style front mount - now there are crossmembers available that do incorporate the stock style front sliding mount, but do not attach to the tranny tailshaft. When I bought my Spohn these were not available.
At any rate - I'm not at all unhappy with the Spohn unit
As far as the clunking goes - RODRIGUEZ is correct - I called Spohn after my install about the clunking sound, thinking I installed something incorrectly - they ststed that is a 'normal' sound. The sound actually comes from the pivoting action of the front mount - your noise may be aggrevated by the fact that it is not pivoting as freely due to the tightness of the bolts.
Only way to get rid of the sound would be to go back to the sliding style front mount - now there are crossmembers available that do incorporate the stock style front sliding mount, but do not attach to the tranny tailshaft. When I bought my Spohn these were not available.
At any rate - I'm not at all unhappy with the Spohn unit
