Steering/Suspension Embarrasing Loud Squeak
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Steering/Suspension Embarrasing Loud Squeak
My 99 base model has recently developed a loud rubber squeaking noise coming from the front driver side of the car.
The squeak occurs when going over bumps in the road, pushing on the nose of the car while parked, getting in and out of the car, as well as while turning the wheel.
The squeak is the loudest while turning the wheel during parking(extremely embarrassing at shows and cruise ins
)as well as making turns from stops.
So far I have done some looking here and found that many cases are around the sway bar. I replaced all the sway bar end links as well as sway bar bushings. The noise didn't change. I also changed out the shocks as well. That didn't help either. I have tried lubing up the control arm bushings and the bushing on the lowering bolt. And yet still no change.
Any ideas what this could be? I've been at this for almost four weeks with little success.
The squeak seems to be coming from the general area of where the steering column enters the rack and pinion.
The squeak occurs when going over bumps in the road, pushing on the nose of the car while parked, getting in and out of the car, as well as while turning the wheel.
The squeak is the loudest while turning the wheel during parking(extremely embarrassing at shows and cruise ins
)as well as making turns from stops. So far I have done some looking here and found that many cases are around the sway bar. I replaced all the sway bar end links as well as sway bar bushings. The noise didn't change. I also changed out the shocks as well. That didn't help either. I have tried lubing up the control arm bushings and the bushing on the lowering bolt. And yet still no change.
Any ideas what this could be? I've been at this for almost four weeks with little success.
The squeak seems to be coming from the general area of where the steering column enters the rack and pinion.
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