Squeaks over speed bumps only!? Help.
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Squeaks over speed bumps only!? Help.
Not when driving, but only over speed bumps like a really old car, even when going really slow. I checked the bushing and the sways? Any other Ideas? Will an X brace help?
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Re: Squeaks over speed bumps only!? Help. (TexCorvette)
I had the same problem with my 90. I had the wheels off lubing everything. Ended up being the guide next to the buffer on the hood latch rubbing. It drove me nuts for months.... i couldn't beleive it when it was so simple !!
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Steve
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Re: Squeaks over speed bumps only!? Help. (TexCorvette)
I would guess its your sway bar bushings. Mine did the same until I went with energy suspension. Where the bar bolts to the frame. :yesnod:
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Re: Squeaks over speed bumps only!? Help. (corvette0096)
thats your sway bar usually, you can redo your suspension with polyurethane bushings.
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Re: Squeaks over speed bumps only!? Help. (vader86)
I also already adjusted and made sure my hood was tight. I hear the polly squeaks also if you don't lube them?
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Re: Squeaks over speed bumps only!? Help. (TexCorvette)
Howdy Tex!
I am a new Corvette owner. That was the biggest thing that I just could not Stand! Felt like I was driving an old clunker. I also posted the same question, I heard about the poly bushings, and also heard they need frequent lubrication. So one day I was out in the garage polishing and tinkering around. I came across some graphite lubricant I used on my old Hog's throttle and brake cables. I applied some to the bushings and Bam!! ALL GONE!!
I highly recommend this too all who reads.
Here is the stuff, I have had it for some years and it lasts forever. Hope it's still made. I bought it at one of the Harley dealers back east.
Dri Slide
Multi Purpose Lubricant
4 oz bottle
Has to be shaken very well.
Comes with a steel "3 inch needle" that attaches to the tip of the bottle for tight spaces. This is what I used to get deep in the bushings.
Dri Slide, Inc.
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As I said before this stuff is the cats behind!
:cheers: :flag
I am a new Corvette owner. That was the biggest thing that I just could not Stand! Felt like I was driving an old clunker. I also posted the same question, I heard about the poly bushings, and also heard they need frequent lubrication. So one day I was out in the garage polishing and tinkering around. I came across some graphite lubricant I used on my old Hog's throttle and brake cables. I applied some to the bushings and Bam!! ALL GONE!!
I highly recommend this too all who reads.
Here is the stuff, I have had it for some years and it lasts forever. Hope it's still made. I bought it at one of the Harley dealers back east.
Dri Slide
Multi Purpose Lubricant
4 oz bottle
Has to be shaken very well.
Comes with a steel "3 inch needle" that attaches to the tip of the bottle for tight spaces. This is what I used to get deep in the bushings.
Dri Slide, Inc.
Division of Guardsman Products, Inc.
Fremont MI 49412
As I said before this stuff is the cats behind!
:cheers: :flag
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Re: Squeaks over speed bumps only!? Help. (TexCorvette)
I also already adjusted and made sure my hood was tight. I hear the polly squeaks also if you don't lube them?
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Re: Squeaks over speed bumps only!? Help. (vader86)
Press your brakes in sometimes, and see if that squeaks. Only sometimes this happens to mine, but when I press the brake pedal my calipers squeak when they are engaged.
Note: this is not brake squeak, this is the squeaking of the calipers actually engaging, it's easy to fix just have been to lazy.
Note: this is not brake squeak, this is the squeaking of the calipers actually engaging, it's easy to fix just have been to lazy.
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Re: Squeaks over speed bumps only!? Help. (BAdAzZV8)
Just helped a friend locate the same problem on a '79. Put the car up on ramps and get under it. Have a friend bounce the nose up and down to see if you can pinpoint it. We used an automotive stethoscope and found it was a left front bushing as well.
Another trick you can do is turn up the radio! That's how my wife would fix it.
Another trick you can do is turn up the radio! That's how my wife would fix it.
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Re: Squeaks over speed bumps only!? Help. (TexCorvette)
dont think he read my post on midgets...here ya go...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=220399
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=220399
