Squeaky truck
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Mountain Pass
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Squeaky truck
My driver side front suspension is squeaking like crazy. It isn't a rotational sound as it even makes noise when the truck is stopped when I step out of it. I greased the bushings on the upper and lower control arms as well a lubed up the shock bushings. I also greased the upper and lower ball joints. After all of that I still got the same squeak. When I lay under the truck and push it up and down it almost seems like it is coming from the shock, but I have never had a shock squeak before. Have any of you ever heard of this problem? Can shocks squeak?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as I am at my whit’s end trying to figure this out.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as I am at my whit’s end trying to figure this out.
Laughing Gas
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What seems to be the most common cause of sqeeking in the front end is the lower ball joints. I have replaced one of my lowers twice as the replacment ended up sqeeking even after being greased. Another place to consider is the bushings and links on the stabilizer bar.
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Joined: May 2002
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From: Hollywood, FL
I just changed out my sway bar link bushing yesterday, much quieter now. My problem was easy to spot, the bolts that hold the links on were dangling under the a-arms due to the bushings completely separating and falling off. I hope that is your problem, very easy to fix yourself compared to ball-joints.
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Ditto-ball joints
I had the same problem on my '01 after only ~40,000 miles...squeaking sound from the front when i did as little as leaned against the truck! Dealer replaced the ball joints (upper and lower) under extended warranty. No more squeaking...
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