I hear this squeak when turning the steering wheel to the left. (Stationary position).

as well as when I go over a bump/pothole. I've heard the upper ball joint, lower ball joint, strut, etc. may be the culprit.

Please help. Thanks.. (95 Civic)

 

Bad bushing/bushings or bad shock. Can't know for sure without getting under there. Put your hood up and bounce the car up & down. Look for any movement of the tips of the shocks inside the engine bay. I had a bad top-hat bushing once, that made the car slow to react. This is how I found it.

UCA bushings can be blown out and it's to, but you can't really know for sure without disconnecting the knuckle from them. If you can position them however you want and they stay, or they just flop down on their own, then the bushings are torn. The arm should be stuck in a position and bounce right back if moved by hand.

 

The shock doesn't have anything to do with the steering wheel turning.

It makes the noise when I turn the steering wheel to the left or when I go over some kind of bump.

 

I'll second the bad top-hat bushing.

 

What about when I turn the steering wheel? It's the same squeaking noise..

 

It could be that more than one bushing is going bad. It sounds like they are old and dried out, which is why they are making that noise.

 

I just replaced all the bushing with Energy Suspension poly bushings, so I knew exactly when they were serviced last. Yea, some of them were just fine, but I'd rather have the assurance. Plus they feel loads better

 

im not saying its the culprit but

Really tell me more!

the steering wheel is connected to the steering shaft
the steering shaft connects to the steering rack via steering box
the steering rack connects to the tie rod
the tie rod connects to the steering knuckle
the steering knuckle is attached to the lower ball joint
lower ball joint is attached to the a arm.
shock is attached to the lower a arm.

there are at least 5 bushings/moving joints in that system

 

...~and the thigh bone's connected to the, knee bone, and the knee bone's connected to the... oh, wrong forum?

 

Well, even though it's only slight, the shock will still move when turning the wheel.

At the very minimum, put the thing on jack stands and feel around while someone turns the steering wheel back & forth. If you can replicate the noise while on jackstands (not always possible), then you will definitely be able to track it down.

We won't be able to help you over the internet except to give you advice on figuring it out yourself. That's how internet advice works. To me you don't seem very interested in checking. Hopefully I'm wrong.

 

It's the lower ball joint... I'm just taking in all of the misinformation in this thread.

But hey, that's how internet advice works. Please continue..

 

If you already knew the bad part why would you troll the forum.

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