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?

 

Why would you switch from OEM to OEM?

 

worn out shocks. Got the other set for free

 

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

 

Spring isolators?

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

 

everything tightened down to torque specs?

 

Anyone know the torque specs for the suspension components?

 

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!!!

 

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

 

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

 

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...

 

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

 

I sent your PM

 

please share

 

I will once I hear something back from him.

I'm going to go take his wheel off and go nuts w/ WD-40 to see if it will help any.