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This phrase best described how my son's 95 900s sounded as it came into the driveway last night. I asked him how long it's sounded like that, and he said "about the last week". Sigh.....
Anyway, I only had a few minutes last night, and here's what I've been able to gather. This is an early-model-year 95, so it has the older suspension design, fyi.
1. "creaks" whenever you push down on the car, pull up on the car, or basically try to get the suspension to move.
2. Sound is from the lower section of the front suspension on the driver's side.
3. Sound is NOT coming from the strut/bearing upper area.
4. If you grab either the lower control arm or the stancion arm, you can feel the creak as well as hearing it.
5. If you turn the wheels in either direction, you can get the sound to lessen.
Ok - so to me it sounds like one of the bushings on either of the lower control arms. Could also be the lower ball joint. The thing is, nothing is loose, it only creaks. To me, it sounds like something needs a good lube job, there ain't no fittings on this car as we all know. There are a couple of construction areas in our town where there are dirt roads for a bit, so things have been dustier than normal where he drives.
So- is it possible that I could lube the bushings to get it solved, or is this a sign of a replacement needed of one or the arms? I know a lot of Dean's postings are about the upper strut mount/bearing and his scrub test - but this is from the lower part, not upper.
Thanks for any ideas/thoughts.
andy
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