Front end squeaking like a whorehouse mattress
 

After a panic stop to avoid running over a wild peacock in my neighborhood, my front end has developed an annoying squiggly squeak over every ripple in the pavement. I'm guessing bushings, but which ones?

sway bar bushing is one possibility. spray silicone lube on them and see if it makes noise go away to check.

when were the A-arm bushings replaced? and with what?

I enjoyed your title simile. Actual experience? ;)

check to see if all your bushings are hotter than a whore's ass on Nickel Night.

I'm actually surprised by the comments -- one of the first pieces of advice I got off the 'porsche list' 10+ years ago was the source of a very common front end squeak. The bushings and torsion bar adjusters wear and then the torsion bars rub against the tubes inside the a-arms. I was skeptical but it was exactly my squeak.

Do a search and see what comes up with say 'torsion bars rubbing squeak'...

Chuck.H
'89 TurboLookTarga, 338k miles

I had a front-end squeak and replaced the torsion bars with good used ones. Problem solved.

NOTE: running over peacocks might be the easy/cheap way around this


+1 for Chucks's point - if it was sudden, something moved, and sway bar bushings usually dont start suddenly

maybe post a few pictures of the rear t-bar bushing at the t-bar adjustment

the car should be laying flat carrying full weight of the car without having been jacked off. oops.. Jacked up

how many miles on the car?
has t-bar bushings ever been replaced before?