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Yes... however, our specific noise was... (archive)
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Posted by Justin on May 09, 2000 at 15:00:21:

In Reply to: Re: The spring might not be seated properly... posted by MARK TERRY on May 09, 2000 at 12:57:00:

... was a scraping sound accompanied by an occasional popping noise.

We used those C-clamp-like spring compressors to compress the spring while it was still on the car... that way, would could rotate the spring into place.

Good luck.

Justin

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