Thread: Suspension squeaking after hitting bump

I am taking suggestions as to where to look before I tear down the rear suspension.
Hit a bump last night with the left rear wheel and now every tiny movement of the suspension I hear a squeaking.
I am going to check swaybars first to see if the endlinks and pivot bushings are properly greased, but what else am I to look for other than the strut mount?
Thanks!

Parts could have shifted around when you hit that bump. My old suspension used to make a light squeak noise because it did not have the rubber/plastic coating at the bottom of the coil.

Yeah, I don't have the plastic around the coils like you say. I need to go and check it out. I have Eibachs with shortened Konis. My Maxima came factory with covering around the coil.

You can use pieces of an old inner tube to place at the top & bottom of the coils.
There is also a paper gasket at the very top of the stuts. If its torn or misssing, sometimes it will squeak there too.

Potholes here is like an obstacle course.. Im gonna need a new alignment soo..

yeah, the squeaking is most likely from not having any rubbers at the bottom of the spring. You can put a rubber hose over each bottom coil or place a rubber piece like stock would have underneath the spring.

All the rubber was replaced when I did my csk's. When I get home, I am going to post what the culprit is. EEK. It is what most NX owners dread.

Please dont say that 4-letter word Ian....

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I have the same issue with my B13, it is like Styrofoam squeaking 100times a second, it is ridiculous. It usually gets worse when I adjust my sway bar or change the ride height. It sounds like it is only coming from my rear right, and that is an agx which is leaking oil so I caulked it up to a bad strut. If it isn't the strut, and you figure out what the heck it is please let me know. It is really annoying I like my car to not have squeaks..ugh.


Dudeman

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That pothole forced me to look at a Suspension that I pretty much forgot about since I put it in.
Well, metal to metal rubbing seems to be the case.
I went to my bodyguy and he looked at it and said, "Mon, no problem!" He told me that it is gonna be a loooong time before it becomes dangerous. I am to use fiberglass in the mean time to cover the hole to keep water out till he can get to my car next.
Cut weld cut weld etc..
Not all the metal is bad, just around the seams...