Thanks for all the clues. That was it! I haven't had time to play with the MINI for a bit, but sure as anything, the jamb nut had backed off a bit. Grabbed a wrench, threw a bit of elbow grease at it and went for a test drive. Noise gone.
Time to enjoy the MINI again. Quietly!
Thanks again guys!
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Never seen one of these arms creak.... real easy to mistake where sounds are coming from back there, I've done it before myself... If I had lubed the heck outta it and the sound persisted, I would assume the sound was coming from elsewhere. But, FWIW, I've never had to lube one of them, either.
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maacodale Club Coordinator
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Pretty sure it's the LCA. I had one of my techs bounce the car and while holding onto the arm you can actually feel the vibes of the creeking. Tomorrows agenda is to drop everything and check it out. Our Clubbie and the same ALTA rear bar and links and H sport control arms. Bewildered, but should know more tomorrow. Thanks guys!
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Okay, took me a few days to find some free time. Pulled both H sport LCA off and cleaned and lubed the ends where they meet the crossmember and the rear trailing arms. Also re greased the zerk fittings in both arms. Still have a massive creaking. Doing a nut and bolt check this week. Got me stumped so far.
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Well at least you can cross those off the list. I'd look at the swaybar, bushings & links. Also check that the rear hatch is not loose at the striker & the rubber snubbers.
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Yea, damnit. The sons new Roadster had almost the same sound and found it to be a loose sway bar bracket. Once tightened the sound went away. I did check my sway bar brackets and they're tight. Thinking shocks maybe, but doubt it. For sure not the hatch. I have the hatch opened and push up and down on the rear body sill plate. Kinda stumped.
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Had the same kind of sound that stumped me for weeks. I finally removed the rear shocks and found the top nut had become loose. Another time I had a noise in the rear and found the jamb nut on one of my Hotchis adjustable lower rear control arms had backed off letting the arm flex. Just a couple of ideas.
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Had to loctite one of my control arm nuts to keep it snug, also.
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Thanks for the thread I just ran into this same thing with my hsports. Lock nuts had backed off. Tightened things up, if they back off again I'll use some lock tite.
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