What you could be hearing are the upper control arm bushings. It's not uncommon for them to make noises, even squeaks, as our vehicles age. Mike
Allan Streib wrote: > First significant drive today after replacing my steering rack, strut > rod bushings, and upper ball joints. > > On the initial test runs around the neighborhood, there was a lot of > noise in the front suspension, right under my feet, which seemed to > settle down after a few turns and stops. I assumed that it was just > the strut rods "finding their place" with the new bushings. > > Today, while everything was quiet for the most part, whenever I would > go over a sudden bump (e.g. parking lot speed bump) I could still > hear and feel that creak, almost a twanging sound like a spring > stretching. Can the springs be that noisy? > > Allan > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL > |
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