problem occurred after aspire swap... please help

[Gomez]

not if it is really close. I just had it happen to a rear wheel yesterday. Spun noise free on the stand. BUT if I put pressure on it by hand and spin the wheel It would rub. The wheels actually flex a pretty good amount, and mine are a set of quality wheels. I was surprised too. lol All you have to do is look at the weight and see if it has been rubbing. A quick and easy inspection so, I hope it's that simple.

[scitzz]

Jack the car up, enough to get a wheel off the ground. Grab the tire at 3 and 9 oclock, shake. If there is any play, suspect a bad tie rod end. Confirm by watching it as you shake.

Change hand position to noon and 8 oclock, shake again. If there is any play, confirm the ball joint is bad in the LCA. If both shake, watch at hub to see if the wheel bearing is bad.

If it passes all those, look for elongations at attachment points for all steering and suspension parts.

I have a shiny nickel on the LCA's if you didn't put new ones in with the swap

[joeboomer999]

not if it is really close. I just had it happen to a rear wheel yesterday. Spun noise free on the stand. BUT if I put pressure on it by hand and spin the wheel It would rub. The wheels actually flex a pretty good amount, and mine are a set of quality wheels. I was surprised too. lol All you have to do is look at the weight and see if it has been rubbing. A quick and easy inspection so, I hope it's that simple.

Just went out and checked no signs of rubbing anywheres

[joeboomer999]

Jack the car up, enough to get a wheel off the ground. Grab the tire at 3 and 9 oclock, shake. If there is any play, suspect a bad tie rod end. Confirm by watching it as you shake.

Change hand position to noon and 8 oclock, shake again. If there is any play, confirm the ball joint is bad in the LCA. If both shake, watch at hub to see if the wheel bearing is bad.

If it passes all those, look for elongations at attachment points for all steering and suspension parts.

I have a shiny nickel on the LCA's if you didn't put new ones in with the swap

Did all those checks earlier today no wobble in any way

[scitzz]

LOL that should have said 6 oclock.

[joeboomer999]

And no attachments visually stretched

[scitzz]

Spring not seated properly in the perch?

[joeboomer999]

LOL that should have said 6 oclock.

I understood what you ment

[joeboomer999]

Suspension passes all test i throw at it trying to get noise. And the road im testing on has a nice surface

[Damkid]

Upper strut mount good?.... I once had a difficult suspension issue that turned out to be the strut mount lol

[scitzz]

Upper strut mount good?.... I once had a difficult suspension issue that turned out to be the strut mount lol

That was pretty much my last idea, as well.

[joeboomer999]

Im personally not familier with any checks i can do for the upper mount but visually looks fine and was fine when on te aspire

[zoom zoom]

When your cruising at a steady speed, say 55, and you let off the gas, then steadily re apply throttle, can you feel the car shift/jerk? Sort of feels like an automatic shifting..?

[Bert]

Thumping noises are often result of a loose wheel (you've already checked that), bearings that are 'cooked' or loose, or driveaxles that are worn out. Get 'er off the ground and start spinning some wheels while turning the steering wheel. You cannot rule out a blown tranny but look at everything else first.
One other thing; noises that appear to be from the front may well be cooked bearings at the rear. Don't overlook that.

[muleskinner]

Spring not seated properly in the perch?

I had that on the rear. When I changed the rear struts, one of them wasn't seated properly in the upper perch and was causing a random knock sound and some vibration. It looked ok in the perch but had spun out of its seat when it was put on. I had to take it back off and seat it in correctly. I had to have someone else hold it in place while I attached it back up because it wanted to spin back out again.