Hey listers my Zed makes a horrible suspension noise from the front end on cold mornings especially after a long 100mile plus run. Has anyone had this? It sounds like bushings (he hopes - that why I am getting them changed to polyurethane right now) but the sound is almost metallic. Luke from Z centre says his does it too and he has not got to th bottom of it yet, any clues?

My paranoia is killing me !

what sort of noise bud ?? and where is it coming from roughly ??

Hey listers my Zed makes a horrible suspension noise from the front end on cold mornings especially after a long 100mile plus run. Has anyone had this? It sounds like bushings (he hopes - that why I am getting them changed to polyurethane right now) but the sound is almost metallic. Luke from Z centre says his does it too and he has not got to th bottom of it yet, any clues?

My paranoia is killing me !

 

 

if its a squeking kind of noise then its probable the shock/springs need replacing worth getting her up in the air and spraying some wd-40 on all moving areas and see if it quitens down or spray a particular area and try then repaeat another area until you can pinpoint the noise

The anti-roll bar on mine graunches horribly unless it's well greased.

I Recently had the same sort of noise develop on mine i did a 110 mile trip and about 5 miles from home the squeeking started sounds like o/s/f area to me. I have HKS adjustable springs etc they seem ok so i lubbed up all moving joints and it went away

Is back again now after about a month so new bushes all round seems like the only real long term cure.

Hope it helps

Yeah that horrible graunching noise describes it well, on cold mornings and after long long runs. The car is up on the ramps now getting a full master bushings kit so if it solves it I will let everyone know. The sound was so bad and obviously suspension linked that I thought it was actually structural and it was sometimes the off-side and then near side. So I have (fingers crossed) concluded it is probably the bushes........Glad in some ways to know I am not the only one with the problem..........

upper arms can cause this too

upper arms can cause this too

 

Yup i'll go with those, mine do the same :headvswal