Front suspension creaking 1996 Honda Civic
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Front suspension creaking 1996 Honda Civic
This one has me stumped, I have searched the forums for the answer, but when I am stopped, my Civic front end creaks like an old door hinge in a haunted house, I have seen suggestions ranging from the ball-joints to steering rack to tie-rods(summer of 2008). The steering rack was installed shortly before I bought the car. At the end of November/ start of December, the ball-joints and tie-rods were replaced as required for state inspection. The car is lowered, but it is only springs and shocks with a camber kit. The upper ball joints are fine, according to the tech who did the suspension, but he lubed everything up again just to make sure... Basically, everything short of completely rebuilding the suspension has been done... what else do I check?
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Re: Front suspension creaking 1996 Honda Civic
Do you have some cheapo camber kit? Back when I had my 96 Accord, I had a cheap Revo Technica camber kit on the front and it did the exact same thing. With any bump or hard turn, it was really squeaky. The bushings in it were extremely cheap and I'd have to remove the kit every few months to re-grease.
You could also have some rough bushings somewhere.
You could also have some rough bushings somewhere.
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I have no idea what camber kit came with the car when I bought it. It did not seem to do it at all today for some reason, then again, it was like 55 degrees today, so I am going to assume it's something to do with temperature as the last time it did it was the last day it was 25 which was a couple days ago...
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