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Jun 2, 2023 | 05:15 PM

cabman72

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coil spring squeaking

My left front coil spring started squeaking on my 72. How can I stop this? Is there suppose to be a pad under the spring? I'm sure its the spring because I had a friend bounce the car up and down and I felt the squeak vibration on the spring and lower control arm and nowhere else.

Jun 2, 2023 | 06:43 PM

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Bushings? Shocks? No cushion on mine

Jun 3, 2023 | 02:19 AM

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Nope, no cushion on the spring. Guessing A arm bushings.

Jun 3, 2023 | 06:38 AM

1860army

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Lube the Ball Joints.....

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Jun 3, 2023 | 07:49 AM

Tampa Jerry

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Check to see if the spring is installed correctly. Is it binding and hitting the frame? Jerry

Jun 3, 2023 | 08:46 AM

wolfk

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Or upper shock mount not centered, therefore, shock stud contacting and rubbing on inner edge of frame mounting hole. This situation I find on many cars with front end squeaks.

Jun 3, 2023 | 09:20 AM

cabman72

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Thanks for the replies, here's a little more info: The car is a newer rebuild. control arm bushings, sway bar bushings, shocks and ball joints are newer. At highway speed there is no squeak, it only squeaks at low speeds and it is a metallic squeak. I'm going to remove the wheel and upper ball joint and look for bare metal where parts are rubbing together. I'll post up my findings.

Jun 3, 2023 | 12:14 PM

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Urathane bushings???
Notorious for squeeking.
Try squirting oil/lube at 1 joint at a time to isolate which joint is making the noise.

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Jun 3, 2023 | 01:48 PM

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Sway bar links can make noise

Jun 3, 2023 | 11:27 PM

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cabman72

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I'll found the problem. After tearing everything apart and removing the spindle, coil spring and all that goes with it, I found the nuts on the upper control arm weren't tight and the squeal was coming from the shims! Tightened the nuts and all is quiet. Took about 3 hours to do a 5 minute job!

Oh well, glad it is done!