i got this really loud squeak coming from front driver side wheel well.

i took the wheel off and it is hard to tell where its coming from.
sprayed some wd-40 in some obvious places..didn't do anything.

what do you think it is?....if u were to repair it yourself, what would do first?...lower ball joints?...

what could possibly be squealing like this...it started about 2 weeks ago.
the car has 180,000 miles with never any work done to the front end.
except brakes.

 

mine is doing the same thing except on the passenger side. 191k pretty much the entire front end was rebuilt at about 130k. all except for upper balljoints.

 

squeaks while in motion?

dont repair first, verify the prob then go from there, if u got time and a pry bar, go at the lower/upper bjs check for play, spin the wheels see if u can hear/feel any binding in the wheel bearing, check boots to see if any grease got out on the outer tie rods/balljoints...

 

When does the squeak happen? Hitting bumps? Is it a brake squeak?

 

only when the suspension moves,
not brakes....u can make it happen just pushing down on the fender.

 

Lower ball joint caused same symptoms on mine.

 

is there a DIY on the front lower ball joints?
are the fronts pressed in?
are these the recommended joints?

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/se...h=1999%20Acura

 

it seems the dealer replaces the entire knuckle.
is that a big job?
arent the wheel bearings pressed in to the knuckle?