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Apr 10, 2007 | 01:41 AM

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front end "sqeaking"

when I was driving home tonight when I wiould hit a bump I would hear a sqeak from my front end. What could this be my car is a 98 with only 31k on it? should Corvette's have some grease fitting on them or what? Shocks look ok everything seems normal

Apr 10, 2007 | 01:56 AM

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Apparently its the sway bar bushings that need cleaning and lubricating

I'm sure someone who's done the job will pitch in

Apr 10, 2007 | 08:04 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DeeGee

Apparently its the sway bar bushings that need cleaning and lubricating

That would be my first guess. Try that and see if it helps.

Apr 10, 2007 | 08:25 AM

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its the sway bar bushings that need cleaning and lubricating

Apr 10, 2007 | 10:18 AM

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thanks guy I will give it a try. Anyone know what do you use to lube the sway bar brushing with

Apr 10, 2007 | 11:56 AM

IAIA

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Mine does the same thing, but only going over the dang speed bumps when I first leave my garage. When things heat up, the squeak/scrunch noise goes away.

Waiting to hear how to lubricate........

Apr 10, 2007 | 12:00 PM

mickey_7106

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Waiting to hear how to lubricate........

Apr 10, 2007 | 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by IAIA

...Waiting to hear how to lubricate........

Lubricating swaybar bushings isn't a normal maintenance procedure.

That said, if you decide to (I think I'd wait awhile to see if it goes away), remove the bushing bracket bolts and bushings then use a little lithium grease on the inner bushing surface.

There are a lot of threads and posts about changing out swaybars which discuss the bushings. I recommend searching for them using 'sway bar' or 'swaybar'. You should get some tips from them.

Good luck!
..rickko..

Last edited by rickko; Apr 10, 2007 at 12:16 PM.