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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 07:13 PM
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Default Major squeaking coming from driver side rear.

Every time i hit a rough road or the suspension moves, it sounds like a pig back there. I know there are a limited number of moving parts there, but does anyone have any ideas on where to look?
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 08:04 PM
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I'd start with the sway bar bushings. Replace the bushings (or lube them up/Clean up rust on the bar) and see what you get. Had bad squeaking w/ the front on mine and lubing up the front sway bar bushings cured it completely. Run into that with the rear bushings w/ several other cars of mine.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 09:18 PM
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I agree. You can try lubing them or just replace them. They are cheap and easy to do in minutes each.
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i'll give that a shot and report back
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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One of the control arm mounting bolts loosened on the rear of my car and the control arm was pivoting and squeaking on the bolt instead of the bushing. I got my car cheaper b/c the owner b4 couldn't find it.
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