Squeaking in Front Passenger Wheel Area

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Old 04-25-2008, 03:36 PM
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Squeaking in Front Passenger Wheel Area

So, as the title says, there is a annoying ass squeak coming from my front passenger wheel area (at least thats what it sounds like). Before it would only happen when I would be making a left turn, and once the wheels are straightened out it would stop. Now it slightly squeaks while the wheels are straightened out, and when I make a left turn. The slower I'm going the more noticeable it is. To describe the type of squeak, it sounds like brakes squeaking, what could this be?
Old 08-14-2008, 07:43 AM
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i'm having that same problem but with my right wheel. its a squeak that gets faster as i drive. only when i turn right or drive straight. its not a torn cv boot. does anything down there need grease? i thought our ball joints were sealed. what is this embarrasing noise?
Old 08-14-2008, 05:02 PM
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Check lower ball joints. Had squeaky one recently.
Old 08-15-2008, 04:48 PM
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I had a weird/similar issue recently where the heat shield behind the rotor was flexing and making a scraping/squeaking sound. This was happening only when I was driving straight and hit any kind of bump that flexed the suspension. The fix was pretty simple... just bend the heat shield back. It was hitting at the bottom of the rotor.

Just one more thing to check.
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found the problem. this is gonna sound crazy but the place i took it to for balance and rotation didnt torque the wheels down all the way(stupid torque sticks) and for some reason that loose wheel sounded like squeaky rubber. i took it to a shop and they thought it was a bushing. they sprayed down the boot and joints with some grease in a can type stuff and nothing changed. they checked for play in the wheel and nothing. then they had me drive it back and forth slowly in the driveway so they could watch and hear what was goin on. the guy jumps up , grabs his impact gun, tightens the lugs, NOISE GONE.
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That's wierd.....
Old 08-17-2008, 11:05 PM
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check the CV boots on the both sides of the drive shaft, get the bearing checked, you can check the ball joints by trying to move the tire up-down and left-right motion & check your steering fluid, if still you have issues, check the struts in case it makes the sound when you go over bumps, etc.
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