Wednesday, March 12, 2008

A Squeak

For several days I have been hearing an off and on squeak from somewhere under the car when I drive. Especially going over small bumps, but not large bumps. At first, shaking the car when it was parked occasionally elicited the squeak, though not consistently. The only mods I have done with the car is the suspension and tire rotation. I had Ally listen while I rocked the car and it sounded like it was coming from the driver side rear suspension. I removed the wheel and noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Well today I installed the wiring harness for all my lights on the ARB, and happen to notice that the sway bar was slightly off. I was in the process of removing one side of the sway bar mount when I noticed that the screw was lose. I could have sworn that I had tighten every bolt and properly torqued. I guess I was wrong. Luckily, before playing with the suspension I had marked the sway bar with a pen to provide a reference point on reassembly. The sway bar was slightly off center which a bit of tapping fixed. I tightened all the screws and took a test drive. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING! Hopefully from now on there will be no squeak. Lesson learned => tighten all bolts/screws and check a second time! The squeak most likely came from the sway bar rubbing against the rubber mount.