Dear Agony Uncles and Aunts,
Squeaks and other funny sounds are notoriously hard to diagnose but I'm desperate to find and eliminate the squeak that's driving me nuts.
And no, it's not from my head, hip or anything else
I have it localised to the front right suspension. But I'm not sure exactly what it is. If I bounce the front right I can reproduce it. Definitely a metal-on-metal squeak. I initially thought it may be something to do with the ARB winch bumper but it doesn't seem to be.
Took the wheel off yesterday and checked all bolts torqued up properly and lubed up everything I could. All the bushes look ok, but could be the issue, as there's that tell-tale cracking sound on lock to lock moves. Steering bushes maybe??
The lube exercise seems to have cured 80% of the squeak - but it's still annoying - and loud :-(
Maybe time to swap to poly bushes?
Any thoughts please?
EDIT: I'll drop the skid plates today if I can and see if there's a difference.
'Desperate in Edinburgh'
Squeaks and other funny sounds are notoriously hard to diagnose but I'm desperate to find and eliminate the squeak that's driving me nuts.
And no, it's not from my head, hip or anything else
I have it localised to the front right suspension. But I'm not sure exactly what it is. If I bounce the front right I can reproduce it. Definitely a metal-on-metal squeak. I initially thought it may be something to do with the ARB winch bumper but it doesn't seem to be.
Took the wheel off yesterday and checked all bolts torqued up properly and lubed up everything I could. All the bushes look ok, but could be the issue, as there's that tell-tale cracking sound on lock to lock moves. Steering bushes maybe??
The lube exercise seems to have cured 80% of the squeak - but it's still annoying - and loud :-(
Maybe time to swap to poly bushes?
Any thoughts please?
EDIT: I'll drop the skid plates today if I can and see if there's a difference.
'Desperate in Edinburgh'