Suspension creaks. Solutions?
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Suspension creaks. Solutions?
So my suspension creaks and squeaks over bumps and its getting on my nerves. Plus its damn annoying. It doesn't pop or make any noise that makes me think the bushings are completely gone. Can I just lube things up with some sort of spray lube? I will be replacing all of the rear suspension bushings as I do the normal suspension parts so I am mostly concerned about the front suspension.
With the way it makes noise, you can't really pinpoint where its coming from either. Just sounds like its spread pretty evenly across all the bushings.
With the way it makes noise, you can't really pinpoint where its coming from either. Just sounds like its spread pretty evenly across all the bushings.
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There's all sorts of spray lube you can use. Preferably graphite based if possible, but lithium based will work as well. Sounds like typical dry bushings. Even the rubber ones dry out and get creaky. Start with the low hanging fruit like the LCAs front and rear. Then work your way around to all the other rubber bits. Good luck.
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My suspension creaked as well, so I got fed up and literally replaced everything. lol. The only stock part left is the panhard bar only because I am going to buy a watts link.
I put koni/strano/gw upper arms/1le bushings in stock rlca/new bushings/ball joints in flca's and strano sways.
No more creaks. LOL
I put koni/strano/gw upper arms/1le bushings in stock rlca/new bushings/ball joints in flca's and strano sways.
No more creaks. LOL
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Super Lube Synthetic Grease. Couldn't narrow down my creaks aside from that it was coming from passenger rear. No spray lubes worked for me so I got some Super Lube and took the LCAs and rear sway bar off. Lubricated the lca bushings, swaybar D bushings, and the end links. No more noise. It will keep them quiet until you upgrade, which is inevitable lol.
Edit: I didn't read closely and saw you were talking about front suspension. Noooot quite as easily accessed... Nonetheless, the grease I mentioned is great stuff for squeaks and groans.
Edit: I didn't read closely and saw you were talking about front suspension. Noooot quite as easily accessed... Nonetheless, the grease I mentioned is great stuff for squeaks and groans.
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I think it's probably your springs. I changed mine with the shocks recently and haven't noticed any creaks. I know what you mean about the noise being irritating too hated it with a passion