Rear clunking noise with brand new RSMs

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  • KnockOffBrand
    Member
    • Feb 2014
    • 58

    #1

    Rear clunking noise with brand new RSMs

    Hey all. So I replaced my blown rear shock mounts about 5 months ago with the ecs tuning rear shock mount kit. A clunking noise in the back of the car on the passenger side has started to develop in the last few weeks and I checked on the RSMs and they look to be fine. No wiggling or anything. Any idea what it could be? Thanks
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  • rcsoundn1
    No R3VLimiter
    • Nov 2012
    • 3361

    #2
    sub frame mounts maybe

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    • indecline
      Wrencher
      • Sep 2007
      • 244

      #3
      Rear shocks?
      1989 325I(M20B25US)|KAMotors CAI|Bilstein Sports|H&R Sports|ST Sways|SSSquid Tune|Red46 Sump Armor|

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      • KnockOffBrand
        Member
        • Feb 2014
        • 58

        #4
        I replaced all shocks, struts, and springs with h&r race and bilstein sports this summer
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        • KnockOffBrand
          Member
          • Feb 2014
          • 58

          #5
          The noise also seems to be coming only from one side. Could that still be subframe mounts?
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          • E30NJ
            E30 Modder
            • Aug 2013
            • 921

            #6
            Subframe bushings or trailing arm bushings could really be shot.

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            • Artful Dodger
              Advanced Member
              • May 2008
              • 156

              #7
              Im gonna ask some dumb questions.

              -Is everything tight, like the bottom shock bolt, the RSM bolts to the body?
              -Did you install the RSMs correctly? (My first time installing these parts, I put everything together in the floor, then removed my old equipment and installed the new. what I didnt know at the time, there are washers on the old stuff that you have to move to the new stuff)
              -Are your lug bolts tight?

              if all of this is correct, it is probably the trailing arm bushings, if they are the original rubber ones.

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              • jeffnhiscars
                R3V OG
                • Jun 2011
                • 6010

                #8
                I had a rear clunk after changing my suspension and it turned out to be a loose nut on one of the RSMs. FWIW I'd be surprised if a subframe bushing was worn enough to make noise without you having noticed sooner.
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