F***** squeak comming from rear

c987long · Post by **c987long** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:08 pm

i have an annoying squeak comming from that i think is to be the rear shocks, i took them out and painted the tops but it continues, so i dont think that it is the top hats, any ideas. Sprongs old? blown shock?

thanks

Post by **racer12306** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:11 pm

off to suspension

c987long · Post by **c987long** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:24 pm

thanks im stupid

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:36 pm

Yeah you are.

lol kidding. I'm coming up on Wednesday, maybe I can help. Or at least listen to isolate the noise.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:50 am

My sisters '01 had this issue, however it WAS the top hat. It was completely shot. My dad replaced it, noise went away.

c987long · Post by **c987long** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:01 am

i think im crazy enough 2 try it

latief · Post by **latief** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:50 am

c987long wrote:i think im crazy enough 2 try it

Check the rear sway-bar bushings first, they could be squeaking......

mine used to do that, white lithium took care of it !!!!

c987long · Post by **c987long** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:58 am

i will try it

sxmania · Post by **sxmania** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:11 pm

might be a far cry but i had a squeak that was driving me nuts on the rear passenger side and when i got it in the air i discovered that the charcoal canister mounting bracket had bent slightly and rubbed on the brace right beside it. i couldnt bend it back because it was too mangled but its been off for 20k with no squeaks since.

sxmania

01NeonSnooZer · Post by **01NeonSnooZer** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:57 pm

latief wrote:
c987long wrote:i think im crazy enough 2 try it
Check the rear sway-bar bushings first, they could be squeaking......

mine used to do that, white lithium took care of it !!!!

Ditto on the lithium grease. that'll help for a while but if the sqeak comes back then it's time to replace them. But this only applies if you have a 2000, an SRT or have added an aftermarket stabilizer bar. '01 and newer didn't come with rear stabilizer bars (wierd). my '01 doesn't have them and none of the ones i've worked on that were newer than 2000 had them.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:46 pm

01NeonSnooZer wrote:But this only applies if you have a 2000, an SRT or have added an aftermarket stabilizer bar. '01 and newer didn't come with rear stabilizer bars (wierd). my '01 doesn't have them and none of the ones i've worked on that were newer than 2000 had them.

All 2000's came with a rear swaybar standard. In 2001-2005 they did not come standard unless you got a R/T or an ACR. It became part of a handling package after 2000.

asanti · Post by **asanti** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:34 pm

Hmmm, interesting, my car's an '01 ES model and it came w/ a rear swaybar stock...

c987long · Post by **c987long** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:06 pm

so did my 01 r/t