Suspension Squeaking..................Anoying

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03-19-2004, 06:47 PM

Ammi

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Suspension Squeaking..................Anoying

Buddy of mine and I changed his OEM shocks w/ a set of slightly used OEM shocks. About 50 miles after installation, driverside front suspension started squeaking. Seems like whenever there's a slightest bump on the road, suspension would squeak.

Yesterday, he got a wheel alignment done. Squeaks were reduced greately. I couldn't hear any squeaks in his car. After about 150 miles of driving, squeaking came back.

Any ideas?

03-19-2004, 08:19 PM

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Why would you switch from OEM to OEM?

03-19-2004, 08:22 PM

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worn out shocks. Got the other set for free

03-19-2004, 08:26 PM

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Ahh, cool. Did you put the spring isolators on and have the springs seated right?

03-19-2004, 08:47 PM

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Spring isolators?

If springs weren't seated properly, it would make a popping sound but rather it's a high pitch squeaking.

03-19-2004, 08:48 PM

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everything tightened down to torque specs?

03-19-2004, 08:50 PM

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everything tightened down to torque specs?

Anyone know the torque specs for the suspension components?

03-19-2004, 08:55 PM

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balljoint to steering knuckle nut 62 to 76 nm
strut to steering knuckle bolts 140-159 nm
strut upper mount nuts 39-54 nm
piston rod nut 59-88 nm

NOTE NEWTON-METERS not FT-LBS!!!

03-19-2004, 08:55 PM

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per my Haynes manual, not the nissan shop manual...

03-19-2004, 09:04 PM

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everything tightened down to torque specs?

everything is tightened down good. Would bad strut make squeaking noise?

03-21-2004, 12:34 AM

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i had a similar problem on my honda, i know its a diff car but symptoms were same, when i would go over bumps or if the suspension would flex i had squeakin noises... les schwabbie lubricated something, have no clue what cause its been about 7-9 months but i've had no squeaking at all since then... its worth a try... PM me if you need help i can find out what they lubricated...

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Quote:

Originally Posted by irish44j

balljoint to steering knuckle nut 62 to 76 nm
strut to steering knuckle bolts 140-159 nm
strut upper mount nuts 39-54 nm
piston rod nut 59-88 nm

NOTE NEWTON-METERS not FT-LBS!!!

Awesome, thanks! I didn't even think about checking Haynes since there isn't one released yet for the 5.5 gen.