Anoying Sqeak From Front Left

[kidafa]

Hi All,

Ive had this anoying sqeak for the past week or so only notice it when im going slow and theirs minimal road noise (under say 40km/h). Tonight decided to investigate it a bit more. Ive worked out that when I push down on the Passenger front guard to compress/move suspension it makes the sound.

I removed the wheel and sprayed some inox on the any moving parts i could see to see if somethings just super dry or whatever and then put the wheel back on and had another push and the f**kers still their.

If i was to remove the coilover and completely remove all the suspension components lube them up and re install will I loose any camber or toe/alignment settings?

Any ideas?

Cheers

[QWK32]

i had the same thing. and i know the frustration in trying to find it. but i ended up finding it.

pull the wheel off and undo the bolt at the front of the upper control arm. the is a bush in there with a spring assisted lip seal on it. get some lubex or inox or similar and spary it inside that bush. i poped the spring off and gently lifted the seal up with a small flatblade screwdriver and spayed a heap of Lubex in there.

when you are putting it all back together, put the bolt back in and just nip it up. then lower the car first before doing it up tight.

[rb26stagea]

Yep, QWK32 has it right: I had exactly the same issue from both sides at the front: lubed up all the bushes and it was fine... I'd give that a shot first, and chances are it'll fix the issue.

[QWK32]

and here is a pic of the bush i'm talking about.

[kidafa]

Yeah I put my hand on it and i had a feeling it was that big Bastard. so undo the bolt on the left of it and pull it out and then lift the seal and spray to fark?

[QWK32]

yep, thats it, do it to both sides of the bush. also be carefull when pulling that bolt out as the control arm will spring up a bit when you remove it.

[kidafa]

what am i being carefull for when it springs up will it bash the guard? or just keep my hands clear?

If its just to avoid hand injury ill get cheffstagea over here to do it and not tell him... ive bled many times due to his cars :@!

[chook]

its not under much tension with wheels off the ground, no need to worry there

[QWK32]

just your hands Chris. its not under heaps of tension but just be aware that it will spring up.

Edited March 2, 2009 by QWK32

[chef_stagea]

what am i being carefull for when it springs up will it bash the guard? or just keep my hands clear?

If its just to avoid hand injury ill get cheffstagea over here to do it and not tell him... ive bled many times due to his cars :@!

yeppp cheeerssss

[Tangles]

Ive got big yellow bushes (whiteline) there

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[iamhe77]

Ive got big yellow bushes (whiteline) there

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Didn't realise you were a natural blonde!

[kidafa]

Bang on the money here guys!

Jacked the front on stands. off with the wheel.

Took the bolt out and removed the spings from each seal and pried the seals off. Sprayed some inox inside and then pulled the inserts out of the bush and greased the life out of everyhting. Put it back together and put wheel on dropped car down and snugged the bolt up.

Queit as a mouse =)

Thanks a heap josh!

[66yostagea]

I have the squeaks too in LHS. Will try this soon.

[QWK32]

funny how everyones is on the left hand side, thats where mine was. anyone had/got one in the right hand side?

Edited March 4, 2009 by QWK32

[rb26stagea]

Mine was both sides...

[66yostagea]

Just tried working the shock, very stiff, and I got a slight metalic Knock. Sounds like something is worn.

[66yostagea]

I have not looked yet, but, if I find the bushes are farked, where do I get new ones for an S1??????

[Mr_RS4]

You could just use the whiteline adjustable ones, I've got them in but I'm starting to get the noise on the RHS. I just had a wheel alignment so I'm not going to bother stuffing up my front camber settings just to get rid of a slight squeak.

[66yostagea]

Just tried to get the MF out. No can do with 17mm ring an two foot lever. Need to get my rattler back.

Incidently when I wanted to search for this thread I typed in "squeak' and got no response. The original post was "sqeak".

Typed that and bingo.