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Creaking front suspension

3.4K views 8 replies 4 participants last post by  1946Austin  
#1 ·
I've replaced front springs,sway bar, various ball joints and bushes on my 65
All was fine for a couple of days now I have the most horrendous creaking noise as I bounce the car
It sits considerably lower at the front now. I think it is likely to be the uca bushes,the ones that need the special right angled grease fittings.
School boy error on my part, I did not take the uca apart or even grease it while it was apart. Is this the most likely culprit?

Ian
 
#7 ·
Did you use stock type rubber bushings, or poly? Poly have been known to squeak; especially if you didn't use plenty of assembly grease on the contact points. Even rubber should have a good bushing grease on them to avoid the squeaks. I use "Energy Suspension Formula Five Prelubes" for all the metal to metal, or metal to rubber or poly contact surfaces. It's a bit messy, but avoids the squeaks that are common to new assembly.
 
#8 ·
The top spring bushes are poly and I didn't use grease! I've sprayed some silicon grease around there with the car jacked up. Pretty sure I will have to disassemble the front end,fit the angled grease fittings(we call them nipples over here) and grease the top spring bushes

Ian