Squeak in front drivers side wheel area
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Squeak in front drivers side wheel area
97' eddie Bauer 118K 5.4 4x4
I have a really annoying squeak in the front drivers side wheel area, it will still squeak at any speed but I've notice that it will not do it near as bad when I am turning to the left, I have checked the brakes and they seem to be in good shape. Also the squeak will not change when I brake so I am pretty sure that it is not the brakes anyway. Any info on this would be well appreciated.
Dave
I have a really annoying squeak in the front drivers side wheel area, it will still squeak at any speed but I've notice that it will not do it near as bad when I am turning to the left, I have checked the brakes and they seem to be in good shape. Also the squeak will not change when I brake so I am pretty sure that it is not the brakes anyway. Any info on this would be well appreciated.
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Squeak in front drivers side wheel area
We had the same problem. Unfortunately our normally excellent ford service dept told us it was brake dust.Even did a front brake job for us and it did not go away. Turned out the local tire shop repacked and tightened the bearing and it has been gone for almost a year now.
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Squeak in front drivers side wheel area
Check your front air shock for a leak. (That is, if you have the load leveling air shocks). Try bouncing the front end by slowly driving and then pumping on the brakes--listen if the squeak mimics the bounce.
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Squeak in front drivers side wheel area
Try this - take off your center cap on the wheel. Underneath, you'll see a dust cap covering the axle nut, and it's held on by a cotter pin. I've found that the dust cap tends to make a squeaking noise. Tap it/shake it and see if you can recreate the noise. I pull the cotter pin out, line the inside of the dust cap with RTV silicon, stick it back, put the pin back and voila, squeak's gone.
Hope this helps!
XXL
Hope this helps!
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Squeak in front drivers side wheel area
I've had a few vehicles in the past with plastic hub caps that squeaked. Take off the hubcap of the wheel and see if it makes a difference. If may stop it, or make it louder. If louder, then maybe it was in the hub cover scraping the cotter pin.
Although you may have greased the regular places where there are zerks, try injecting with a needle fitting on the grease gun, a half teaspoon of grease into each rubber joint cover on tie rods, pittman, etc. . This stopped the only squeak I've ever had with my Expy. Hope this helps.
Although you may have greased the regular places where there are zerks, try injecting with a needle fitting on the grease gun, a half teaspoon of grease into each rubber joint cover on tie rods, pittman, etc. . This stopped the only squeak I've ever had with my Expy. Hope this helps.
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Squeak in front drivers side wheel area
On my poor tank... the squeek was associated with the suspension travel... I crawled under it while my wife jumped up and down on the front bumber... I traced it to the rear Bushing for the lower A Arm. I I packed some grease onto the threads and applied some Syl-Glide to the rest... It went away after a few days... (That is until I beat it off-road again)
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