earley231186 Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 Wondering if any one can help me out. I have 05 2.7 I have replaced all the front components except springs and shocks. So coffin arms, inner and outer tie rods, tuning forks, top mounts and bump stops, and away bar bushings. The drop links were only a year old. However over uneven ground I'm getting a distinct squeak coming from the front of the car. I've lubed my seals and my bonnet stops are good. Any ideas on what it could be or how to remedy? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bally4563 Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 43 minutes ago, earley231186 said: Wondering if any one can help me out. I have 05 2.7 I have replaced all the front components except springs and shocks. So coffin arms, inner and outer tie rods, tuning forks, top mounts and bump stops, and away bar bushings. The drop links were only a year old. However over uneven ground I'm getting a distinct squeak coming from the front of the car. I've lubed my seals and my bonnet stops are good. Any ideas on what it could be or how to remedy? Cheers Did you tighten the bottom wishbones ( coffin arms) with load applied? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earley231186 Posted November 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 32 minutes ago, bally4563 said: Did you tighten the bottom wishbones ( coffin arms) with load applied? Yep torqued down to spec whilst the car was on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 Have the hood seals been lubricated with Gummi Pflege or similar? A long shot - Rear suspension noise can seem to be front, have the rear tuning forks been changed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 Replace girlfriend? Or just ask her to be quieter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earley231186 Posted November 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 hour ago, ½cwt said: Have the hood seals been lubricated with Gummi Pflege or similar? A long shot - Rear suspension noise can seem to be front, have the rear tuning forks been changed? Yep done it the weekend hoping it was that. But no change. It's deffo Infront of the dash area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonewolfgjp Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 Did you change the front anti roll bar bushes? I did similar on my 986 and still had a squeak turn out to be my arb👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpg123 Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 16 hours ago, BBB said: Replace girlfriend? Or just ask her to be quieter. This - you should really let her out of the frunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bally4563 Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 4 hours ago, dpg123 said: This - you should really let her out of the frunk. Check the subframe bolts and the integrity of the undertrays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpg123 Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 45 minutes ago, bally4563 said: Check the subframe bolts and the integrity of the undertrays And as 1/2 cwt said: Have the hood seals been lubricated with Gummi Pflege or similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bally4563 Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 Another possibility is that you changed top mounts are the springs sitting correctly in the cup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earley231186 Posted November 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2021 On 11/19/2021 at 8:04 AM, Lonewolfgjp said: Did you change the front anti roll bar bushes? I did similar on my 986 and still had a squeak turn out to be my arb👍 Yeah I changed these as I thought they would of been the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earley231186 Posted November 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2021 23 hours ago, bally4563 said: Check the subframe bolts and the integrity of the undertrays Subframe bolts? This is not something I've looked at. Easily located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earley231186 Posted November 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 Revelation on this today. There has been a bit of snow and ice where I am. Had to run my daughter somewhere and had to take the box. The squeak was not there at all. This would suggest it is a rubber seal squeaking possibly the window moving on a seal. I have Gummi pledged them but that didn't work. Maybe a reapplication is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 interesting - I have the same on front left wheel area - but it goes away when wet. I thought it was water getting into a seal/bushing/joint and 'lubricating' so to speak, then when its warm and dries out, it squeaks again. I can replicate mine on a dry day with a firm shove on the top of the front left wing - good shove and I hear the same squeak. After rain I don't. So I figured it's a bushing, and given it's still on original suspension haven't bothered about it as it's pretty minor. Interested to hear what yours is in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earley231186 Posted December 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 32 minutes ago, frozen said: interesting - I have the same on front left wheel area - but it goes away when wet. I thought it was water getting into a seal/bushing/joint and 'lubricating' so to speak, then when its warm and dries out, it squeaks again. I can replicate mine on a dry day with a firm shove on the top of the front left wing - good shove and I hear the same squeak. After rain I don't. So I figured it's a bushing, and given it's still on original suspension haven't bothered about it as it's pretty minor. Interested to hear what yours is in the end. I replaced the front suspension and it was still there. The noise was gone in the ice and snow so I'd assumed it had hardened the seals as the squeak stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Araf Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 Front drop links caused the squeak on my old 986. If I threw a bucket of water under the car, it stopped (until the bushes dried again). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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