Author Topic: Squeaky bushings (AGAIN) (Read 12637 times)

JimmyBaja · « **Reply #25 on:** January 13, 2010, 08:11:49 AM »

Also there is one at the back of the car in between the muffler & rearend(differential). This one is a little easier to see but watch out for the muffler if the car is hot!! Got burned by that one! The one in back squeeks on mine as well, but mostly the front. I'll be working on those this weekend.

NormSky · « **Reply #26 on:** January 13, 2010, 08:22:01 AM »

I've got lowering springs(B&G) and drive my Sky in the snow sleet and slush with no noise. Whether it's the springs limiting movement or being daily driven it is quiet. Might want to drive it more or use a marine grade lubricant.

Norm

lil goat · « **Reply #27 on:** January 13, 2010, 09:06:04 AM »

Spraying on grease to get rid of the squeak is a good temp fix, lithium is a poor choice, either use silicone or better yet synthetic, Super Lube has a synthetic spray I have some got it from Amazon.

Lithium grease is cracked from crude oil and should not come near rubber. It will shorten its life, make it soft finally rotting it out!

lil goat · « **Reply #28 on:** January 13, 2010, 09:09:38 AM »

Quote from: NormSky on January 13, 2010, 08:22:01 AM

I've got lowering springs(B&G) and drive my Sky in the snow sleet and slush with no noise. Whether it's the springs limiting movement or being daily driven it is quiet. Might want to drive it more or use a marine grade lubricant.

Norm

Driving the car has nothing to do with why you don't have the squeak, you have an NA, different sway bar and bushings for some reason they don't squeak, it is only the GXP/Red Line.

Many many cars have this problem, we are not the only ones.

snaponbob · « **Reply #29 on:** January 13, 2010, 09:39:47 AM »

24k miles on an 07 RL - no squeaks.

Lawrence Welk - the is only ONE volume that makes his stuff sound good -------- OFF. The squeak is preferred.

JimmyBaja · « **Reply #30 on:** January 13, 2010, 10:30:28 AM »

Quote from: The Comedian on January 13, 2010, 09:09:38 AM

Driving the car has nothing to do with why you don't have the squeak, you have an NA, different sway bar and bushings for some reason they don't squeak, it is only the GXP/Red Line.

Many many cars have this problem, we are not the only ones.

Mine is an 09 N/A & it definitely squeaks - did they change the suspension for 09?

lil goat · « **Reply #31 on:** January 13, 2010, 12:43:31 PM »

Quote from: jimmybaja on January 13, 2010, 10:30:28 AM

Mine is an 09 N/A & it definitely squeaks - did they change the suspension for 09?

They must of, never heard of an NA with the squeak, they must have added it. Almost all of the turbo Kappa's with the larger sway bar have it at one point or another, maybe they put the FE3 sway bar on the 09 NA's. It is cold hard rubber rubbing against metal so no reason the NA's couldn't have the problem, they just usually don't. If is has the same as the other NA's the front bar is much smaller, 27mm, same as the stock GXP rear bar.

kennysabarese · « **Reply #32 on:** January 13, 2010, 01:12:36 PM »

Every winter mine squeak. I try hard to ignore it. Let's see if it still happens when it gets warm.

JimmyBaja · « **Reply #33 on:** January 13, 2010, 01:30:09 PM »

Quote from: The Comedian on January 13, 2010, 12:43:31 PM

They must of, never heard of an NA with the squeak, they must have added it. Almost all of the turbo Kappa's with the larger sway bar have it at one point or another, maybe they put the FE3 sway bar on the 09 NA's. It is cold hard rubber rubbing against metal so no reason the NA's couldn't have the problem, they just usually don't. If is has the same as the other NA's the front bar is much smaller, 27mm, same as the stock GXP rear bar.

I'm gonna get under it this weekend & grease them, I'll get some measurements on the bars & see, for curiosity's sake anyway.

chuckdoc · « **Reply #34 on:** January 13, 2010, 06:13:10 PM »

Hey, I just wanted to see if anyone knew who LW was. My music guy is really Don Ho or that rocker, Julius LaRosa. Perry Como also really stops the squeak.

DCLocal · « **Reply #35 on:** January 13, 2010, 11:27:14 PM »

The squeak when the temperature drops is truly annoying. I've had the issue addressed twice, the last time (last winter) parts were supposedly changed per the TSB. But again this year when the temp dropped in early November, the squeak was back.

Now that I'm ready to swap in the Z0K bars and new bushings suddenly the squeak is gone! Nothing has been done yet and it is as cold as ever yet the last two weeks I've had absolutely no suspension noise whatsoever.

Go figure...

lil goat · « **Reply #36 on:** January 14, 2010, 10:36:41 AM »

Quote from: chuckdoc on January 13, 2010, 06:13:10 PM

Hey, I just wanted to see if anyone knew who LW was. My music guy is really Don Ho or that rocker, Julius LaRosa. Perry Como also really stops the squeak.

Chuck you are a very very sick man, get some Tiny Tim! Or at least some Andy Williams, Moooooooooon River. I personally find the squeak preferable to Howard Stern, but that's just me.

chuckdoc · « **Reply #37 on:** January 14, 2010, 06:27:08 PM »

Ok Jim, can we at least settle on Dennis Day? Now that guy really sends me!

Ben L · « **Reply #38 on:** January 14, 2010, 07:55:40 PM »

Cripes! When does the driving season start again? We are definitely nearing the bottom of the bag now. . . .

lil goat · « **Reply #39 on:** January 15, 2010, 08:23:46 AM »

OK Dennis Day it is as long as we can include his wife Doris, "ka sa ra sa ra, whatever will be will be"

chuckdoc · « **Reply #40 on:** January 17, 2010, 08:57:13 AM »

"the future not ours to see"

Jim, I do not think anyone else knows what we are talking about.

lil goat · « **Reply #41 on:** January 20, 2010, 11:18:43 AM »

I guess that's OK Chuck as long as they remember "Please Don't eat the Daisies"

TomatoSoup · « **Reply #42 on:** January 20, 2010, 12:39:04 PM »

Babe alert...

(Sorry DBG, please delete this post and move to off-topic :grovel: )

Critterman · « **Reply #43 on:** January 20, 2010, 01:50:43 PM »

kesera, sera. and on

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