rear end squeaking??
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rear end squeaking?? Hello all,
Recently when the weather dropped a bit in Houston, the WS6 rear end started squeaking whenever I go over speed bumps or any bump for that matter. With the car sitting still, I can go and push on the rear deck and it squeaks like crazy. I only have about 23K miles on it. Any ideas what this might be?
Thanks,
Russ
Recently when the weather dropped a bit in Houston, the WS6 rear end started squeaking whenever I go over speed bumps or any bump for that matter. With the car sitting still, I can go and push on the rear deck and it squeaks like crazy. I only have about 23K miles on it. Any ideas what this might be?
Thanks,
Russ
I'm willing to bet it's the LCA's or the sway bar. But to make sure, just get under the car and have someone push down on the car while you find the squeking. You can then grease the bushings up, or there is some kind of tape you can get. I'm getting BMR LCA's and since they have grease fittings hopefully I will be able to keep the squeaking down.
Usually the PHR doesn't squeak as often, but it's still an possibility. Check all three. Pretty much any LCA you get will squeak, sometimes more than stock. Hopefully the grease fittings on the BMR's will stop this. Or get a cutout and cover up all of the noises, which is actually a reason I ordered one 
haha yeah mine squeak and most of the squeakin on mine was actually from the panhard, thats why i said to check it out. i have the grease fittings on my control arms and they do help a lot
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I actually do have a cutout and I can still hear it lol!
That's pretty crappy. I've never had a car that squeaked like this before. Or perhaps it's just that all my other cars actually had some acoustic damping material in them
In the meantime I'll go ahead and crank the stereo and drop the lead foot
Thanks all,
Russ
That's pretty crappy. I've never had a car that squeaked like this before. Or perhaps it's just that all my other cars actually had some acoustic damping material in them
In the meantime I'll go ahead and crank the stereo and drop the lead foot
Thanks all,
Russ
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Just how much grease are we suposed to put in these grease fittings? I'm getting a metal/metal squeaking from the lca/chassis connection. Absolutely horrible squeak when riding at slow speeds. Spohn adjustable 1rod end. No noise from the rod end.
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I had the exact same problem you were describing... it turned out to be the rear sway bar endlinks. Tighten the nut on them and see if that works to make the sound go away, if not try greasing them.
I replaced mine with Prothane poly endlinks and the sound went away...
I replaced mine with Prothane poly endlinks and the sound went away...
damn u have fittings on your end links? where did you get them from? yeah make sure everything is tight. sometimes a little wd40 will help. just grease it until the fittings start to swell, havent seen greasable end links so i dont know exactly how it is
ooooooo ok i thought we were talkin about sway bar end links, yeah just grease that until u see the poly start to bulge out and u will be strait. did u use the silicon grease that came with it? that is there to help cut back on it too
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Well they're less than 2 weeks old, but anyway.
I went out and put the rear on jack stands, jacked up the rear end. Loosened the bolts all the way and pumped grease into it till it started coming out the sides. Torqued them back down, and no more squeaking!
I went out and put the rear on jack stands, jacked up the rear end. Loosened the bolts all the way and pumped grease into it till it started coming out the sides. Torqued them back down, and no more squeaking!
