chassis lubrication?
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chassis lubrication?
Hey everyone,
I just recently developed this terribly annoying creaking sound from my car. It happens whenever it goes over bumps at an angle...i.e, if I go directly over a speed bump there is little to no creaking. A perfect example is when I back out of my driveway, which is fairly steep. When I back out on to the road, my car creaks very loud. The noise seems to be coming from directly underneath the center of the car. It's kind of embarrassing when I have passengers in the car. Anyway, I washed the car this past weekend and in particular tried to hose down the car real good from underneath as well (yes, I like to have even the underside looking good, no mud). Well, when I hosed it down, the car stopped creaking. I drove it around for an hour and the creaks started back up later on. However it was definitely gone there for a while. I have no doubt that something with the water stopped the creaking, but I'm not sure why. Does the car need chassis lubrication? Thanks for any help!
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I just recently developed this terribly annoying creaking sound from my car. It happens whenever it goes over bumps at an angle...i.e, if I go directly over a speed bump there is little to no creaking. A perfect example is when I back out of my driveway, which is fairly steep. When I back out on to the road, my car creaks very loud. The noise seems to be coming from directly underneath the center of the car. It's kind of embarrassing when I have passengers in the car. Anyway, I washed the car this past weekend and in particular tried to hose down the car real good from underneath as well (yes, I like to have even the underside looking good, no mud). Well, when I hosed it down, the car stopped creaking. I drove it around for an hour and the creaks started back up later on. However it was definitely gone there for a while. I have no doubt that something with the water stopped the creaking, but I'm not sure why. Does the car need chassis lubrication? Thanks for any help!
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There really aren't any chassis lubrication points. I wonder if you have sway bar bushings that are creaking. I had that on my older Pontiac. We wound up putting a little white grease between the bar itself and the bushing. 
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There are no chassis lubrication points, but I agree that it could be some of your suspension bushings making the noise.
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Could be the swaybars
Thanks for the responses. I didn't think there were chassis lubrication points, but I was not sure. I have Z06 swaybars that I put on last December, so it very well could be those that are causing the problem. Also I will check some of the other bushings to see if those are the problem. Thanks for the help.
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Originally Posted by red97vette
i get this problem too, i back out of my driveway at a crazy angle, and its creeking... 
BTW, I do back it into the driveway and it does NOT creak then either...
Ok, OK... sorry... I had to throw my $.02 in!!!
