bad squeak

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Dec 16, 2003 | 04:21 PM

lance-242

Thread Starter

New User

Joined: Nov 2003

Posts: 2

Likes: 0

bad squeak

hi, i have a '97 F-150 4 wheel drive w/104000 mi. the truck has been pretty good so far. leaking back window, 2 oxygen sensors, knocking while cold and terrible spark plug changes. recently the worst has happened. it sqeaks loudly on small bumps. i mean SQUEAKS! it's embarrassing. any suggestions?
thanks

Dec 16, 2003 | 05:33 PM

emtabmm

Posting Guru

Joined: Oct 2003

Posts: 1,016

Likes: 0

From: South Central In.

ball joints, radius arm bushings....etc.

Dec 16, 2003 | 08:54 PM

Racerguy

Hotshot

Joined: Aug 2002

Posts: 12,679

Likes: 15

From: BC, Canada

Try spraying down all the bushings in the front end with WD40 or silicone spray. If that doesnt help then you probably have a squeeky ball joint or tie rod end. If you can get it to do it while someone bounces up and down on the bumper you should be able to pinpoint the noise if you crawl underneath and start listening to and feeling each joint as it squeeks.

Dec 24, 2003 | 11:07 AM

roland98

New User

Joined: Dec 2003

Posts: 9

Likes: 0

From: Sacramento, CA

Where does the squeak seem to come from? The steering? Or maybe under the cab? Does it do it only when you hit bumps, or when you are turning?

-R

Dec 24, 2003 | 06:27 PM

lance-242

Thread Starter

New User

Joined: Nov 2003

Posts: 2

Likes: 0

it sounds like its coming from the right front wheel on any bumps on the road

Dec 30, 2003 | 10:46 AM

habs10

New User

Joined: Dec 2003

Posts: 1

Likes: 0

I had a sliding rear window that also leaked. The dealer put new black silicon between the window frame and the body, didn't work. Finally I ran water from a hose over the roof and it went down the back window. The leak was around the glass itself, not the frame. I squeezed a whole tube of Versachem (I think) glass sealer in the gap, no problems since.