Coming home today from running some errands, I began to hear a creek sound coming from the rear on both ends. It sounds exactly like bad ball joints except that its only audiable when driving on bumpy roads and not when turning. Any thoughts?
Creek coming from rear end on both sides
- Thread starter flash2010
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i broke an exhaust hanger in my wreck; that sounded like a rear suspension issue
thats pretty easy to isolate to the front. he said rear
Rears are just as bad.
msgtusmc
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Sway bar links & brackets.
spray silicone spray generously on sway bar brackets & links twice a day for 2 days! Then only the links or the brackets once a day, for 1 day. Then no spray for 2 days. You should confirm which are bad. Or just take the real good advice is change front & read sway bar links same time, cheap & easy. Hardest part jacking car removing wheels!
spray silicone spray generously on sway bar brackets & links twice a day for 2 days! Then only the links or the brackets once a day, for 1 day. Then no spray for 2 days. You should confirm which are bad. Or just take the real good advice is change front & read sway bar links same time, cheap & easy. Hardest part jacking car removing wheels!
youre probably right, i would guess i just ignored the threads on that since thats the only thing in mine that hasnt broke yet <knock on wood>
so the front sway bar links are not holding anything together with any sort of compression?
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1LoudLS
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now that good sh!t right there
smoothLSV8
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See if you can replicate the creak by rocking the car when parked. Open the door and use it for leverage. Creaks are most likely caused by the sway bar rubber bushings. If silicone spray doesn't work remove the bushings and lube them with silicone grease.
smoothLSV8
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Worn sway bar links are noisy when they are NOT under load. I.e. going straight. They get quiet when they are under load like making a turn.
I would look at ball joints and shocks. If it were in the front I would look at the steering components too.
I had the car taken in today to change the muffler, turned out from the amount of salt they used on the roads in the winter ate through the wall and left a nasty gaping hole (no pun intended). As far as everything else goes, shocks need to be done, stabilizer links look OK, bushings still need to be looked at. The drivers side ball joint needs to be replaced (again) after being replaced twice shortly after buying the car. Passenger side ball joints holding up just fine. Had the upper right control arm replaced in January. Tie-rods are good, had them replaced less than a year ago.
Yeah. Performing a bounce test yields no sign of bad shocks, but if I have my 180lb brother sit in the back seat, the wheel well wall is just barely above the actual wheel. While I have no cases of the tire rubbing against the wall, I know its something that needs to be looked at. The previous owner was very negligent with maintenance.