Squeeking from rear, UMI help!
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Squeeking from rear, UMI help!
OK i tried a search but it didn't yield many results but here is my problem. about a month ago I installed an on car adjustable panhard bar poly/rod end from UMI, lower control arms solid poly/poly, and the bolt in relocation brackets. well just today i noticed, even at idle, something from the rear is squeeking.
at first i thought it was the hatch but i opened it and i can still hear it, i kinda moved around and sounds like its coming from underneath, its dark and rainy so i didnt have a chance to get underneath but i will check tomorrow.
anyone have any idea what this could be? i greased the zert fittings and all, or is this common for the rod end to be noisy as such?
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at first i thought it was the hatch but i opened it and i can still hear it, i kinda moved around and sounds like its coming from underneath, its dark and rainy so i didnt have a chance to get underneath but i will check tomorrow.
anyone have any idea what this could be? i greased the zert fittings and all, or is this common for the rod end to be noisy as such?
thanks!
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Yup, those poly ends squeak!
Grease them up like a **** and they squeak after a short while, atleast for me thats how it went. Regardless of MFG they all seem to do it, I ran UMI and BMR stuff and the squeaks came from both.
I got feed up with the grease and squeaks... switched over everything to rod-ended on both side and the sqeaks went away!
Funny how some people can run this stuff without a single noise coming from them, and others sound like their car is hauling a trunk full of canaries.
Grease them up like a **** and they squeak after a short while, atleast for me thats how it went. Regardless of MFG they all seem to do it, I ran UMI and BMR stuff and the squeaks came from both.
I got feed up with the grease and squeaks... switched over everything to rod-ended on both side and the sqeaks went away!
Funny how some people can run this stuff without a single noise coming from them, and others sound like their car is hauling a trunk full of canaries.
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Don't count on trying to eliminate every squeak and rattle in the car. This car isn't really built like a Honda or BMW or anything. Poly bushings can def squeak if they aren't greased enough. But I wouldn't get hung up on eliminated every squeak and rattle with the car. Hell most cars have some kind of rattle in them. Even my Acura did, but it was intermittent
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ah, i see. i put only about 1 1/2 pumps of grease in each fitting, that should be more than enough, i didn't know that they squeeked like they do. oh well. thanks for the help!