I recently developed a very annoying squeak in my front suspension, that seems to be coming from the driver side, it only happens when the suspension is being compressed (bumps, potholes, uneven terrain, if I brake hard enough). I can duplicate the sound by pushing on the front end, but can't for the life of me figure out where it's coming from.
This noise didn't start until after we were wheeling a couple weeks ago, and went thru a fair amount of mud and water, as well as coming down pretty hard on the front driver side suspension at one point.
I washed all the mud off of the front suspension components shortly after the noise started, and that seemed to take care of the noise, but now it's back, and more annoying than ever. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I've had three different squeaks in the front end I've fixed over the last few months. Lower Com10t bearings in my radflos, worn sway bar bushings, and worn front body mounts. The bearings and sway bar bushings stopped some but the body mount bushings finally fixed it completely.
Sprayed the driver side front fender well, and suspension components at the car wash, noise is gone. I did record a video with sound if I can get it to upload.
yup, top of the shock was poking out the top...missed it the first time because i was inspecting it while on a lift, I replaced the Lower ball joints, which needed to be done,but not the cause of the clunk. anywho, look at those 3 bolts while the truck is on the ground and the shock is under pressure.
I found a similar squeak inside the front fender liner. Pull the screws that hold the fender liner to the front bumper. Inside, you'll find two bolts a few inches directly above the fog light housing. In the video, yours sounds more like suspension, but the fix above takes about 10 mins to try out.
Best of luck!
Well, I pinpointed the noise to be either the sway bar linkage or the lower bushing on my driver side bilstein, so I took some water and soaked the linkage, but the noise was still there, after soaking the bushing the noise went away, add to that the bushing looks rough, so I think I found the issue.
Yeah, thanks for your posts and suggestion. I picked up some heavy duty silicon spray a bit ago and soaked the bushing as a temp fix, it seems to be working so far. I would replace the bushing, but I think I'm just going to snag a few overtimes at work so I can expedite my 5100's/lift.
Soooo... Anyone know the best price on front 5100's?
I thought I was the only one! Thanks to the original poster for the video, mine started doing the exact same thing over a year ago. It was in for service at the dealership and they looked at it and ended up power washing the under carriage and it went away. Since then I've been spraying down every bushing I can see with silicone lubricant and it'll go away sometimes. So I'm thinking it's developed in a different one now too. I have also noticed that it goes away on it's own when the temperatures outside get cold.
I have the same problem and it is the bottom rubbers on both of my shock mounts. I've ordered a set on line and got them today. I'm going to get them put in as I'm not sure I am able to do it myself. It was an excuse to get new shocks all around but if this works I'll wait till the spring to do them. What's the skinny on good new shocks?
Thanks M.Raven
I liked the 5100's I had on the Tacoma I owned before my X, so that's what I'll be going with. I'd like a full OME kit, but that's more than the wife is willing to let me spend at this time.
I have had a simalar Squeak, almost sounds like a brake squealer. The plastic hose bit at the bottom of the front coil had slipped out of place and the coil spring was rubbing steel on steel on its bottom perch. I forced some grease in between and it seemed to go away but only temporarily. and after about a month the sound is back
I recently developed a very annoying squeak in my front suspension, that seems to be coming from the driver side, it only happens when the suspension is being compressed (bumps, potholes, uneven terrain, if I brake hard enough). I can duplicate the sound by pushing on the front end, but can't for the life of me figure out where it's coming from.
This noise didn't start until after we were wheeling a couple weeks ago, and went thru a fair amount of mud and water, as well as coming down pretty hard on the front driver side suspension at one point.
I washed all the mud off of the front suspension components shortly after the noise started, and that seemed to take care of the noise, but now it's back, and more annoying than ever. Any help is greatly appreciated.
(Solved) I think, I found a loose front right body mount. I tightened it up and the squeak seems to have gone away.Question is why is the body mount loose?? Truck is a certified pre-owned 2017 no accidents per Car Fax.
Good Day all, at least for me the squeak was coming from dirty/faulty heim joints in the aftermarket upper control arms that the previous owner had installed. Once I replaced the UCAs (Freedom Offroad) the squeak went away.
My squeaks ended up being upper control arm bushings (big time!) And sway bar bushings. Hit the sway bar bushings with some silicone plumbers grease while I had it apart and hit the upper control arm bushings with some silicone spray for a temp fix and ordering some new ones.... Or a whole upper control arm with ball joint. Not sure if I can find a quality replacement assembly yet.