alright on my buddies car 96 civic hatch he had a squeak coming from the rear, his struts were blown.. so we swapped them out with new ones and it still squeaks.. only n the rear and only on hard bumps.. ive narrowed it down to either the strut mounts.. not sure if possible or maybe his megan racing upper control arm/adjustable camber kit thing.. any help or opinions would be lovely.. im sitting ere looking at it while he b!tches..

 

Check the bushings...

 

This is going to sound out of left field but I had a squeak from the rear of my 2000 DX hatch and it was actually caused by the plastic trim on the OEM spoiler. I have the spoiler with the metal top/skin and the plastic body of the spoiler was sitting on the hatch glass. Over bumps the plastic would rub on the glass making loud squeaking noises.

On inspection of the spoiler the passenger side of the spoiler was sitting on the glass where as the driver side still had some clearance (Squeak was coming from passenger side).

In the end I picked up a few 1/4" inner diameter rubber washers and shimmed up each of the four studs that bolt the spoiler to the hatch.

I've had this fix for a few days now and no more spoiler squeaks. Rubber washers are holding up but if they start to deform I will go to nylon washers.

Again I know this is kind of random but it's certainly easier and cheaper to shim up your spoiler than to tear down and rebuild the suspension.

 

I believe our has brand new lca and new trailing arm polyurethane bushing also.. But I'll check hIs top make sure..

 

Make sure the bushings are lubed in that case. Poly squeaks like a **** when it's not lubed.

 

im guessing its the bushing... considering that its halfway gone and he has rtv or some crap in it... oem or aftermarket to replace it? id say oem but i want some other opinions, it aint my one so idc haha

 

DO NOT put RTV on the bushings.


if they are poly, get the ES prelube for it.


ES bushings should fit, unless they are like Blox.

 

i didnt, his rta bushings look to be factory AND already have some ghetto rtv fix on it. i was asking to either replace it with OEM or aftermarket and what aftermacket brand if that is what you recommend

 

oh oh oh, for the RTA's if he wants to stay rubber, take a look the PIC bushings. Rubber like stock, but harder, and IIRC, cheaper.

 

IIRC?? never heard of them..i couldnt find anything on google when i searched them?

 

If I remember correctly.

http://picperformance.com/store/scri...?idProduct=258