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Yeah - I have noticed a noise in the front suspension when going over large bumps... not really a squeak, more of a not-good metal scraping noise. Also discovered at 70mph my steering wheel has a fair amount of vibration going on. Obviously I have some front-end align problems. Im not as happy today as i was a couple days agoNVSteve wrote: Anyone else having a bit of squeak on the front OME suspension? I only hear it when hitting good bumps, but it is becoming a bit annoying.
Mine's definitely a squeak. Sounds very much like it is coming from the springs, which isn't that uncommon on any 4x4. Extremely dry weather doesn't help much either.pdslug wrote: Yeah - I have noticed a noise in the front suspension when going over large bumps... not really a squeak, more of a not-good metal scraping noise.
I couldn't tell from your original post that you had an alignment after the install. It may have been inferred, but I just didn't get that feeling. If you haven't had the alignment done, you should get it done pronto. That OME is a drastic change-I wouldn't feel safe driving it w/out an alignment.Also discovered at 70mph my steering wheel has a fair amount of vibration going on. Obviously I have some front-end align problems. Im not as happy today as i was a couple days ago
They wanted to order the parts themselves. If I ordered, they were going to charge slighly more for the install. Anyway, the parts and install was $1000. Not sure if the parts went up in price or what - they were back ordered for almost a month, and when they finallly came in - they said the parts plus shipping was $840. Seems a little high, but I was ok with the overall price.Krafty wrote:how much did the local shop charge for install? Did they buy the OME setup or did you buy it and only have them do the install?
You absolutely need the washer in place so that the strut doesn't shoot itself through the rubber mounts, leaving you with lots of noise, squishy springs & non useful struts. Blink noticed his "problem" right away. It took me a few hundred miles & then maybe 15 or so miles on really bad offroad before my strut "popped" through and made the noise from hell.pdslug wrote:I sometimes get quite a bit of "chatter" from the front end. I checked through some old posts and found that the installer should install the old dust shields and washers on the OME fronts.