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[Dale .D]

Driving me nuts.Suspension Squeek.Replaced shocks,All new bushings & addco swar bars.Noise was before sway bars.Going to be something stupid ,I know it.Squeeks when you hit a bump.Thanks Guys & gals

[First opel 1981]

Originally Posted by Dale .D Driving me nuts.Suspension Squeek.Replaced shocks,All new bushings & addco swar bars.Noise was before sway bars.Going to be something stupid ,I know it.Squeeks when you hit a bump.Thanks Guys & gals

Check the spring rubbers. The small round rubber (or whatever material) spacers that go between the springs and the mounts.

[saxybiker]

Originally Posted by Dale .D Driving me nuts.Suspension Squeek.Replaced shocks,All new bushings & addco swar bars.Noise was before sway bars.Going to be something stupid ,I know it.Squeeks when you hit a bump.Thanks Guys & gals

Did you use the teflon grease when you replaced your bushings? If not, that is probably your "squeak". "squeak". Usually you get a little teeny tube of teflon grease with the bushings. If not you can buy a larger tub of the teflon grease from Summit Racing that will probably last you the rest of your life (several years ago the price was about $13). With the big tub you feel like you can be more liberal with the application. We have used liberal amounts of teflon grease on all our front bushings replacements and have no squeaking problems.

HTH

Vickie

[Dale .D]

Originally Posted by First opel 1981 Check the spring rubbers. The small round rubber (or whatever material) spacers that go between the springs and the mounts.

That's about all that is left. Everything else has been greased with teflon.Just a added question if I replaced these spacers can I get thicker ones to lift the back end up a little bit .Say an inch?

[baz]

a friend of mine added an inch to the hight of his rear springs on a manta , after that it fell over 2 times and died , going up at the back can be bad if you are trying to get a nose down stance , better to look for rallybobs thread on lowering the front if its just a look you want

[officertyo]

Originally Posted by Dale .D Driving me nuts.Suspension Squeek.Replaced shocks,All new bushings & addco swar bars.Noise was before sway bars.Going to be something stupid ,I know it.Squeeks when you hit a bump.Thanks Guys & gals

Is the squeek front or rear? If front i would look at ball joints and outer tie rod ends.

[Aardvaark]

Sometimes squeaks that seem suspension related turn out to be something else. Hood rubber stops or hinges, door hinges or seals, bumper mounts,
under hood components like radiator supports, the list goes on.
You may need to have someone do a drive-by across a bumpy area while
you stand nearby observing.
Noises can telegraph through the car and be quite misguiding as to their
origin.

[Dale .D]

Originally Posted by officertyo Is the squeek front or rear? If front i would look at ball joints and outer tie rod ends.

It's definatly in the rear.The gas tank has been refurbished & new venting so everything is ok there.Going to look at possibly the top tray.

[ungermm]

Originally Posted by Dale .D Going to be something stupid ,I know it.Squeeks when you hit a bump.Thanks

Could be your spare tire rubbing against the tire hold down. Or, anything on the tire shelf. That would be an easy area to check anyway. I would guess you don't hear the squeak when you just push down on either side of the rear of the car. If you did then it would be in the suspension.
Jerry

[RallyBob]

Just curious, but did you torque all the rear suspension bolts 'to spec', or did you simply crank everything down tight? Torque specs are critical to the suspension movement, which is exaggerated more by the use of polyurethane. Even with substantial teflon grease, over-tightened polyurethane bushings will squeak like crazy. Just a possibility!

[markandson]

Look at the shock rubber bushings too.

[AZManta]

Originally Posted by Dale .D Driving me nuts.Suspension Squeek.Replaced shocks,All new bushings & addco swar bars.Noise was before sway bars.Going to be something stupid ,I know it.Squeeks when you hit a bump.Thanks Guys & gals

As a diagnostic tool, spray the suspected area with penetrating oil, once identified replace/repair/grease as necessary

[Dale .D]

Tire tray is out now . Had squeek before any of the Poly went in the back end .Checked top tray all solid there.I'll try spraying everything but as of now all shocks & bushings are new including sway bar.Only thing left is the springs!.I think.What part of the spring setup would be making the noise?