Front end creaking

[BradGroves]

For a couple of days now my mark has been making this terrible creaking noise whenever I'm on the brakes, it's especially bad when I'm coming to a complete stop or releasing the brakes to get moving again. It also creaked a little bit from just turning one night. Generally at low speeds its creaking a whole lot. At highway speeds there is a slight vibration/creak every now and then. When the car is parked and off if you lean on the front right fender it creaks from just putting some weight on the car. Any ideas what this could be so I know what to look at when I jack it up?

 

[chris2523]

lower ball joints
how many miles you got?
front suspension ever been rebuilt?

 

[BradGroves]

I've got about 110,000 miles. I did the sway bar end links this past summer.

 

[chris2523]

yep.
time for upper and lower control arms.

part numbers for front end rebuild:
Moog/TRW part numbers
Upper Control Arms

With sensor ball (Mark VIII), air ride

K8781 and K8782

Without sensor ball (T bird), or spring conversion

K8596 and K8598

Lower Control Arm

K80055 and K80053

Sway Bar Endlinks

18128 (two required)

Strut Rod to Lower Control Arm Bushing

17475

 

[BradGroves]

Thanks for those, Chris. Is that all I need? I know I've looked at moogs site in the past and some bushings arent included with the uca's for example. Also is there a rundown of this rebuild on this forum?

 

[chris2523]

that's all the typical stuff.

i'm not sure on a write-up. don't think i've seen one.

 

[Dave 88 LSC]

My brand new rear strut rod bushing is doing this now. its the one by lower control arm.

 

[2002WRXSTi]

From what I have learned now is that the TRW sealed stuff does not last 40k even
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1phtulYtJ8