Thread: need help

Ok its kind of hard to explain, i have a strange noise coming from the back of the car, when i drive it doesnt make any noise but when i come to slowing down and braking the back makes a creeking sound, i have look over the whole rear and the only that i can find is a bad bushing in the sway bar. could it be something else? could my struts be going bad? please help me cause i wanna fix it all in one shot cause i kinda wacked the car against a curb cause someone wanted to cut me off, so some please help me, need this done asap cause the car is gettin a little hard to drive.



_Keith

Can you explain what you mean by hard to drive?

It will be difficult to diagnose what the problem is with so little info. Without the "running into a curb" part, I would suggest that you check the sway bar bushings and maybe lub the sway bar D-bushings. Sometimes the aftermarket D-bushings will get squeaky. Also try some good silicon spray on your rear suspension bushings.

But if there is something bent or broken from the curb incident, more information is needed to figure that one out.

i would have to say the same thing my car was getting a weird squiking noise and i sprayed all the bushings and it went away

thanks and the noise started way before the crub incident happened.

with noises that arent a "one guess" diagnosis the easiest place to start is with bushings and moving parts.

1. go buy a good silicone lube or clear lube spray. spray the piss out of the bushings.......do what ever you can do to make sure the lube penetrates the entire bushing as much as possible.

2. the next thing is to check the rear brakes. they may have a weird pattern in the rotors or pads causeing a vibration/this groan noise. heres what you do.

-remove the pads
-use a tooth brush sized wire brush and clean every area on the bracket the pads slides on (those thin metal clip things....clean them as best a possible)
-use sand paper to scuff the friction side of the pad to remove any pattern the rotor may have made on it.
use a good high temp grease on the shim side of the pad (backing plate) or dampen any vibrations.