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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?
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08-22-2012, 10:50 AM
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sway bar bushing is one possibility. spray silicone lube on them and see if it makes noise go away to check.
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08-22-2012, 11:04 AM
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when were the A-arm bushings replaced? and with what?
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08-22-2012, 12:09 PM
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I enjoyed your title simile. Actual experience?
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08-22-2012, 01:27 PM
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check to see if all your bushings are hotter than a whore's ass on Nickel Night.
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08-22-2012, 06:27 PM
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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 |
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08-23-2012, 04:58 AM
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I had a front-end squeak and replaced the torsion bars with good used ones. Problem solved.
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08-23-2012, 05:58 AM
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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
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08-23-2012, 05:59 AM
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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?
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08-23-2012, 09:31 AM
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