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Old 11-10-2010, 11:54 AM
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Okay well I have 2 sounds. My car makes a creaking noise when moving up and down. Obvious right? I don't want to have to replace a whole bunch of stuff if I don't have to. and then My car Squeaks when turning but only at slow speeds, like when i'm turning around. I haven't checked anything out yet. just trying to get an idea of what all i might be looking at,.
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Old 11-11-2010, 05:20 AM
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More information is needed here. Is the noise coming from the front or the back of the car? Can you narrow it down to a specific wheel or other area? When you say moving up and down do you mean like pushing down on the truck for example? Theres a slew of things it can be such as springs/struts, spring isolators, control arm bushings, a-arm bushings, tire rod ends, sway bar endlink/bushings.
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Old 11-11-2010, 12:30 PM
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I can't seem to figure which side is making the squeaking noise but it is the front obviously i think it may be the LH side. and the creaking sounds like the springs are making it on the LH rear.
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The rear could be a worn isolator or a shock, the front could be a number of things to broad of a description to narrow it down.
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Old 11-11-2010, 05:48 PM
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More than likely 2 problems, lube the control arm bushings and the steering rack bushing defect causing the creaking while turning slowly, use cliffyk's method on his website to repair the rack defect.

edit: use lithium grease to lube the bushings on the control arms
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Old 11-11-2010, 05:52 PM
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im thinking it would be the shocks as well my car was doing it and i replaced my suspension with new and the noises went away. but i cant say for sure without actually hearing the noises.
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Originally Posted by FOURSIXALLDAY
im thinking it would be the shocks as well my car was doing it and i replaced my suspension with new and the noises went away. but i cant say for sure without actually hearing the noises.
That's also possible, how many miles are on your car? Post up a video of the car making the noise.
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