Riddle me this ...

[sigurross]

So for the last couple of months or so, my van has been making a low moaning sound when braking. I've been meaning to make a trip to CCAuto to have them take a look but just haven't been able to make the time commitment. Anyway, I changed my front shocks last weekend and low and behold the sound is gone! I've never known shocks to make such a sound. Has anybody experienced the same thing, or know what was wrong with the shocks for them to make such a sound?

Just curious. Hope everybody is having a great weekend so far.

- Jason

[nxski]

Yes, it happened in my civic because there was a leak and dirt got in. Same sound when I had dirt I'm my power steering fluid.

[yojimbo]

Possibly the shocks werent damping a vibration from the brakes. Shocks can look perfectly ok but not work well at all. Sometimes I get a moan from the brakes if they havent been worked well in a while, I guess they lose their 'bedded in' status.

[mararmeisto]

The front shocks on these vans take a lot of abuse because of the cab-over design.

[TardisDeli]

Check your disk brake caliper bolts (not the calipers themselves, but the 2 bolts that actually hold the entire caliper assembly in place, I think they are a 14 socket head), mine were working themselves loose (one bolt actually fell off and that wedged the assembly into the wheel, I was lucky and managed to get off the road before things went horrible). The bolts need to be tighter than even a strong mechanic can get the socket handle tight, use an extender bar on the socket handle and a fierce energy. Christine.

[rezdiver]

Check your disk brake caliper bolts (not the calipers themselves, but the 2 bolts that actually hold the entire caliper assembly in place, I think they are a 14 socket head), mine were working themselves loose (one bolt actually fell off and that wedged the assembly into the wheel, I was lucky and managed to get off the road before things went horrible). The bolts need to be tighter than even a strong mechanic can get the socket handle tight, use an extender bar on the socket handle and a fierce energy. Christine.

I would disagree with this, torque the bolt to proper specifications with the proper torque wrench, not with an extender bar......

[yojimbo]

And use some threadlock.