Technical Bloody noises!

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Technical Bloody noises!

gsalini

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Hey,
Well if some of you guys have been following the threads ive made youd know that ive had suspension issues which i thought that had been fixed.....
Yesterday i was driving a long and just went over a little drain and a squeak came from the front of my car (more to wards the drivers side suspension), didnt think any thing of it, but now it hasnt stoped, any tiny change in road surface and this dam squeak is there and its super annoying! The only thing i can compare the noise to is a squeaky bed mattress!
Any ideas fellas?
Cheers.
 
Check your wheel arch for a little mouse. ;)

I've just got my car back from the garage with an undiagnosed knocking but everything looks fine and is in perfect working order.

Seems to be a recurring theme (from what I've read on this forum), these strange noises that don't actually mean anything bad, just very annoying...
 
Hardy har har mr johnson! ha.
But i am a big time perfectionist, i cant leave these noises be, how do i know that its no an issue with the spring?
 
Could be anything mate, best you could do is park it up, and push down on each side of the car just above the wheel. That way you can at least determine the side whatever garage you give it to should be looking at.
 
Well i got a mate to walk along side the car on a bumpy road and he could hear the squeak plainly from where he was standing, he said that it was coming from the front driver side suspension or possibly the engine bay or underneath it. But we both agree were more certain its the suspension. And i didnt hit that drain at speed at all, it seems literally the tiniest change in the road causes a squeak to arise at whatever speed.
 
hi
if you reckon it's the suspension ,jack up the o/s and with the wheel of the ground place a bar under the tyre and work the suspension up and down and hopefully you can identify the fault ..even try spraying WD40 on the bushes 1 at a time and ,hopefully it will silence the bush that's causing the problem and you know which 1 to change ...unfortunately squeaks and rattles can be a pig to find when looking at the car ,worse when you can see the car
phil
 
Well im pretty sure its the suspension now.
I think the sound is getting louder. I noticed that i can make the squeak just by getting into the car! (and no im not a fat bastard ha) :p Definitely coming from driver side. Gonna get a mate to stand on the door frame and jump to make it happen to see where its coming from. im 80% sure its the spring tho. oh and ive put a whole can of wd40 on every bush, bracket, nut and bolt on the suspension with no difference.
 
Ive noticed that the suspension only squeaks when wet? would could be the cause of this?
 
Well im 99.9% sure its the brackets. So today i put on 3-1 Copper Grease on it and the other bushes on the wishbone. Now im just waiting for things to sink in to see if the noise has gone.
 
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