Front end squeaking like a mouse
07-27-2008, 04:05 PM
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Front end squeaking like a mouse
How long dofronts struts usually last on our cars?The ride still seems firm (I bounced the front end up and down a few times)butit squeaks everytime it goes over thesmallest of bumps. It also comes up whenI make turns at a lower rate of speed. I thought that this may be coming from the r/p as per the TSB but it doesn'tmake sense that it could do thiswhile it's going straight.Isit time to replace thefront struts?
07-27-2008, 04:13 PM
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RE: Front end squeaking like a mouse
My struts were leaking at like 45,000 miles and I put some AGX adjustables on the front. (havent done the rear yet)
Just change them.. Have a buddy bounce the car and get under there and listen for the squeak.. I had a rear squeak BAD.. going over bumps, hills.. everything, then my main main kenny got under there while I bounced the car and WD-40'd a bushing somewhere and BOOM the squeak was neutralized.
Just change them.. Have a buddy bounce the car and get under there and listen for the squeak.. I had a rear squeak BAD.. going over bumps, hills.. everything, then my main main kenny got under there while I bounced the car and WD-40'd a bushing somewhere and BOOM the squeak was neutralized.
07-27-2008, 04:17 PM
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RE: Front end squeaking like a mouse
I could definitely do a double check on the bolts underneath. Maybe there's some little misfit (no pun intended) that's doing this. My baby just reached60k so I wasn't sureif thiswasthe life spanof struts. Thanks, I'll look into it.
07-27-2008, 04:24 PM
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RE: Front end squeaking like a mouse
ORIGINAL: Evenexchange
My struts were leaking at like 45,000 miles and I put some AGX adjustables on the front. (havent done the rear yet)
Just change them.. Have a buddy bounce the car and get under there and listen for the squeak.. I had a rear squeak BAD.. going over bumps, hills.. everything, then my main main kenny got under there while I bounced the car and WD-40'd a bushing somewhere and BOOM the squeak was neutralized.
My struts were leaking at like 45,000 miles and I put some AGX adjustables on the front. (havent done the rear yet)
Just change them.. Have a buddy bounce the car and get under there and listen for the squeak.. I had a rear squeak BAD.. going over bumps, hills.. everything, then my main main kenny got under there while I bounced the car and WD-40'd a bushing somewhere and BOOM the squeak was neutralized.
07-27-2008, 07:36 PM
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RE: Front end squeaking like a mouse
Just to throw another question into this post, since it looks like I'll be shopping for new struts and shocks, what brand do you recommend I look into?
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