Polyurethane is notoriously squeaky. If you have polyurethane bushings in your suspension, the only thing you can do to minimize squeaking is to minimize their movement. That is why I modified my Uding bracket to shock tower interfaces (Ed's brackets have polyurethane bushings). Bill Robertson #5939 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Stephen Rice <stevedmc@...> wrote: > > Check and make sure your lower control arms aren't over torqued. I > had a squeaking noise coming from my passenger LCA that didn't happen > until after I replaced it. It turns out the bolt that holds it to the > frame was too tight and was causing it to make the noise. I loosened > it, torqued it to about 65 lbs (I think) and the noise went away. I'm > traveling right now and don't have the exact torque specs in front of > me. Perhaps someone can chime in. > > On 02/12/2011, jtrealtywebspannet <jtrealty@...> wrote: > > You may have parts that need replacing but lubricating can't hurt and while > > you are lubing the front end you can inspect things. Spray silicone on the > > upper and lower spring perches, steering column bushing, and sway bar > > bushings. Grease the ball joints and the tie rod ends. Don't forget you > > should also be lubing the speedometer angle drive and checking the C/V boots > > and trailing arm bolts. Could be a bad shock or shock mount. > > David Teitelbaum > > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, KiwiDean@ wrote: > >> > >> Does that mean a simple lube job, or does a part need replacing? > >> > >> > >> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > > moderators@... > > > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > Steve Rice > #16510 > ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/