Bad suspension squeak - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

teamturbo · 04-17-2015, 09:47 PM

Okay, I had this develop after a rainy day about 5-6 days ago...how the hell do I go about fixing this? It sounds like someone is having sex in my car everywhere I go. Quite embarrassing and annoying the hell out of me.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-8r3JJfB8M"]VID 20150417 165627 - YouTube[/ame]

wparsons · 04-17-2015, 11:46 PM

That is exactly why you have a warranty, just take it to the dealer.

Without looking closer it'll be hard to figure out what part is making the noise, there's a few places that could be making it.

teamturbo · 04-18-2015, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by wparsons

That is exactly why you have a warranty, just take it to the dealer.

Without looking closer it'll be hard to figure out what part is making the noise, there's a few places that could be making it.

Problem...I'm running the Eibach Pro Drop on it for 1.5 years and I tossed the stock springs into the garbage.

8R6 · 04-18-2015, 01:43 AM

Hahhahahhahah it does sound like a squeaky bed during sex rofl! Sorry but that shit is spot on for the sound LOL

As for the problem, damn your car bounces way too easily. Maybe your strut is blown. It shouldn't be that easy to move the car that much that frequent just by hand.

teamturbo · 04-18-2015, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by BRGT86

Hahhahahhahah it does sound like a squeaky bed during sex rofl! Sorry but that shit is spot on for the sound LOL

As for the problem, damn your car bounces way too easily. Maybe your strut is blown. It shouldn't be that easy to move the car that much that frequent just by hand.

The trunk is open and I'm using my entire body to press down on the suspension. I don't think the strut is blown. The car is only lowered 1 inch. Come to think of it, it's been lowered 12 months and about 6-7K miles on the lowering.

8R6 · 04-18-2015, 02:25 AM

Oh ok them probably not the struts. But that still sounds a romp on a bed lol

teamturbo · 04-18-2015, 02:32 AM

Lift it and blast WD-40 on every piece of metal?

DieselDog · 04-19-2015, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by teamturbo

Lift it and blast WD-40 on every piece of metal?

this is the right direction.

There are a couple rubber bushings on the control arms and such and without a stethoscope you can just spray a bushing and test and try another one to find the one thats squeaking. It sounds kinda like a rubber squeak.

dem00n · 04-19-2015, 11:39 AM

That sounds more like metal on metal than a squeak...

wparsons · 04-19-2015, 11:41 AM

^^ Agreed on that.

teamturbo · 04-19-2015, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dem00n

That sounds more like metal on metal than a squeak...

It might be the exhaust. I back into my parking spot and made contact with an exhaust pipe by the differential a week or two ago against the parking block. I hope it loosened a bracket that holds it in place. Need to take it in for a lift.

cdrazic93 · 04-19-2015, 02:01 PM

I agree with the WD40. If you lift it, and reproduce the squeak youll be able to see much more clearly...now the rain is gone

ls1ac · 04-19-2015, 02:51 PM

If you spray one point at a time you can find the offending point. if you spray all over it will go away for a while but you will get to start all over when the squeak starts again. Once found you can clean the rest off end use grease or silicone (metal or rubber) as needed in the one place. General spraying will collect dirt.

04-17-2015, 09:47 PM	#1
teamturbo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: Missouri Posts: 218 Thanks: 137 Thanked 110 Times in 61 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Bad suspension squeak Okay, I had this develop after a rainy day about 5-6 days ago...how the hell do I go about fixing this? It sounds like someone is having sex in my car everywhere I go. Quite embarrassing and annoying the hell out of me. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-8r3JJfB8M"]VID 20150417 165627 - YouTube[/ame]

04-18-2015, 01:43 AM	#4
8R6 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: FRS Location: SoCal Posts: 2,086 Thanks: 2,738 Thanked 1,339 Times in 746 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Hahhahahhahah it does sound like a squeaky bed during sex rofl! Sorry but that shit is spot on for the sound LOL As for the problem, damn your car bounces way too easily. Maybe your strut is blown. It shouldn't be that easy to move the car that much that frequent just by hand. __________________ Team BRG inspire-usa My car build #8R6

04-18-2015, 02:25 AM	#6
8R6 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: FRS Location: SoCal Posts: 2,086 Thanks: 2,738 Thanked 1,339 Times in 746 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Oh ok them probably not the struts. But that still sounds a romp on a bed lol __________________ Team BRG inspire-usa My car build #8R6

04-19-2015, 11:39 AM	#9
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teamturbo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: Missouri Posts: 218 Thanks: 137 Thanked 110 Times in 61 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Lift it and blast WD-40 on every piece of metal?

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