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Old 04-07-2005, 11:13 PM
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Squeaking noise when driving on "un-even" roads

When I am cruising (10-30mph) on a "not so perfect" road, I hear the front of my max kinda squeaking. I changed the struts about 6 months ago. Could this be the ball joints?? Control arm bushings?? Any way to check??
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Old 04-08-2005, 07:21 AM
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has your car been in an accident? my car does have the squeaky noise but im thinking its my chassis..before i got this car, my dad got into a major accident and messed up the frame. they fixed the frame but im figuring its getting loose or something. also squeaks only while driving on bumpy roads
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could be bushings, whether they be control arm or strut mount don't know.
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i'd guess at either the upper strut mounts or control arm bushings too.
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is there a way to check if the upper strut mounts are ok?? they just seem to be a big piece of metal..
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Something in here:

or here:
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Originally Posted by aminus21
When I am cruising (10-30mph) on a "not so perfect" road, I hear the front of my max kinda squeaking. I changed the struts about 6 months ago. Could this be the ball joints?? Control arm bushings?? Any way to check??

I've had squeeking like that before, I'm pretty sure it was the front sway bar bushings. If you want you can just tighten them up, or rebuild the sway bar and get new connecting rods and bushings.
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Originally Posted by eric93SE
I've had squeeking like that before, I'm pretty sure it was the front sway bar bushings. If you want you can just tighten them up, or rebuild the sway bar and get new connecting rods and bushings.

rebuild sway bar?? would it be better to just get an aftermarket sway bar??
if I get an aftermarket sway bar, should I also get new bushings, and connecting rods?
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