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Mail From: miatabill (Bill Kellenberger)

We went on a club drive Sunday...first time the Miata's been out of the
garage for a while due to the weather...and I noticed a 'pop' sound several
times when starting from a dead stop. Sounds like it's coming from the
back/driver's side. I don't know if it was doing it before, and if it was
hard to hear with the top down...Sunday was the first day I've driven with
the top up for a long time. I've got FM sways and Koni shocks, and they've
all been on the car for quite a while, so I doubt if they've suddenly come
loose. When it gets warm enough to get under there and look around...any
ideas?

Bill Kellenberger
members.fortunecity.com/kberger1/

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Mail From: mcookson (Mark Cookson)

Sounds like you need to lube up the swaybar mounts. Use marine wheel
bearing grease (usually green, and always very sticky).

Probably just a swaybar binding up under the weight shift of
acceleration and then popping loose.

Of course, it could be a dozen other things too. Really need to get in
there and look.

Mark

On Feb 17, 2004, at 2:23 PM, Bill Kellenberger wrote:

> We went on a club drive Sunday...first time the Miata's been out of the
> garage for a while due to the weather...and I noticed a 'pop' sound
> several
> times when starting from a dead stop. Sounds like it's coming from the
> back/driver's side. I don't know if it was doing it before, and if it
> was
> hard to hear with the top down...Sunday was the first day I've driven
> with
> the top up for a long time. I've got FM sways and Koni shocks, and
> they've
> all been on the car for quite a while, so I doubt if they've suddenly
> come
> loose. When it gets warm enough to get under there and look
> around...any
> ideas?

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Mail From: miatabill (Bill Kellenberger)

Yep...as soon as it gets a little warmer. I've never lubed them since they
were installed. Probably should do it anyway.

At 04:29 PM 2/17/2004, Mark Cookson wrote:
>Sounds like you need to lube up the swaybar mounts. Use marine wheel
>bearing grease (usually green, and always very sticky).
>
>Probably just a swaybar binding up under the weight shift of
>acceleration and then popping loose.
>
>Of course, it could be a dozen other things too. Really need to get in
>there and look.
>
>Mark
>
>On Feb 17, 2004, at 2:23 PM, Bill Kellenberger wrote:
>
> > We went on a club drive Sunday...first time the Miata's been out of the
> > garage for a while due to the weather...and I noticed a 'pop' sound
> > several
> > times when starting from a dead stop. Sounds like it's coming from the
> > back/driver's side. I don't know if it was doing it before, and if it
> > was
> > hard to hear with the top down...Sunday was the first day I've driven
> > with
> > the top up for a long time. I've got FM sways and Koni shocks, and
> > they've
> > all been on the car for quite a while, so I doubt if they've suddenly
> > come
> > loose. When it gets warm enough to get under there and look
> > around...any
> > ideas?
>
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Bill Kellenberger
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