osirus9 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 Good advice the both of you, I will try disconnecting the LCA at the diff side and moving it around to see if I can reproduce the noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osirus9 Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 So I finally fixed my squeaking noise,,, It turns out that after blaming the spindle pins the whole time, it was actually just me being a retard. I guess I didn't tighten the front passenger inner LCA nut all the way, or it came loose somehow. Either way, I had the whole LCA taken apart and was removing the front diff brace and my hand brushed that big nut on the LCA. It spun just by brushing it! I tightened it down and put everything back together and test drove the car. Bam, noise is gone. So to any other people who have this problem and are SURE they tightened everything down properly.. CHECK EVERYTHING AGAIN. Anyway, thanks for the help guys. herp a derp derp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Put a little grease on the hatch latch pin and on the rubber bumpers on the side of the hatch that rub on the hatch itself. Hatch squeaking is more common than suspension squeaking. Next, make sure your axles aren't rubbing on the sway bar. I would go there since you had that apart recently. Spray a little spray lubricant on the u-joints and see if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben280 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Thanks for the followup O So I finally fixed my squeaking noise,,, It turns out that after blaming the spindle pins the whole time, it was actually just me being a retard. I guess I didn't tighten the front passenger inner LCA nut all the way, or it came loose somehow. Either way, I had the whole LCA taken apart and was removing the front diff brace and my hand brushed that big nut on the LCA. It spun just by brushing it! I tightened it down and put everything back together and test drove the car. Bam, noise is gone. So to any other people who have this problem and are SURE they tightened everything down properly.. CHECK EVERYTHING AGAIN. Anyway, thanks for the help guys. herp a derp derp... Thanks for the followup with results! Glad you fixed your problem, just in time for winter too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madkaw Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Well at least you fixed up your spindle bushings in te mean while. It just shows you how noises transmit around the suspensions on these cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osirus9 Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Well at least you fixed up your spindle bushings in te mean while. It just shows you how noises transmit around the suspensions on these cars My thoughts exactly... I also got a tub o' bushing lube and a new set of poly bushings for my LCA out of the deal haha. It could have been worse, I was almost to the point of taking it to the shop... That would have been way more expensive and embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osirus9 Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 So maybe I'm not as retarded as I thought I was (or maybe I'm even more retarded haha) but after driving 30 miles my squeak is starting to come back. It only does it on cornering or braking, but not over big bumps or on acceleration like before. Its also not as bad, but its still annoying since I thought it was gone for sure this time! I'm going to re-check ALL the bolts to make sure they're tight first this time, then maybe start blaming the sway bar for a change... sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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