Help me diagnose this new (steering?) squeak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-3xkWiJ9eI

Not sure where it's coming from, but I did just replace the pads and rotors about 100 miles ago. Another note to add, it does not make this noise when the front is on jack stands.

 

Steering rack loose, or the bushings to it? I've never heard that before, so I'm taking a stab at it. Very curious to know the answer myself.

 

Is there any clunking noises while in motion going into a turn? I would check the tie rods and ball joints. You said you just did the brakes. The front dust shield isn't scraping anything is it?

And what agent smith said.

 

Shit after my last wheeling trip my truck does the exact same noice and I can't figure out what it is

 

Upper or lower ball joints or poss bad LCA bushing(s)

 

I'm going with a ball joint or tie rod end being the culprit. Check for any tears in the boots, rusty dust coming for the joint, etc. A mechanic's stethescope would be useful to pinpoint the exact location.

 

Sounds like a ball joint to me. Don't wait too long to have it fixed because it doesn't take long to go from noisy to broken.

 

I let the truck sit for 3 days while I went to NOLA, come back to drive it around expecting it to reproduce the noise but nothing was happening. I have put about 50 miles on it and I can't make the noise again.

Steering rack is very tight like it should be.

I've had clunking noises on every taco I've driven (this is my 4th one) and I can't figure out where it's coming from (my best guess is the brake shield hitting something while I brake and the steering wheel is anywhere from 10 degrees to 45 degrees) but this noise is different.

Tie rods are good, the LBJs do need to be replaced though but I think they still have life in them.

Would steering left to right make the LBJs squeak? I mean they are not being compressed but it is pretty weird to me that the squeaks go away when the front is on jack stands.


Thanks for all the help guys.

 

That statement right there tells me your in trouble, first off theres no way in hell thats a dust shield making that noise, & you need to take this as serious as a heart attack because when that lower ball joint decides its had enough, BOOM, game over & I pray it doesn't happen when driving, like on a freeway or any street. My dr. side LBJ dropped out just turning out of my driveway & I quite literally almost shit my pants dude, it happens quickly & violently & I was going like 2 miles an hour. So if you even suspect they're going bad or are bad, dont fuck around, change them out, be safe..

 

end rods, sway bar bushings?

 

10-4. I am unemployed at the moment so I will get on it.

No sway bar, end rods of what? Tie rod?

 

Maybe he means the end links of the sway bar?

 

My money is on a ball joint. If its that bad it should be noticeable it you have the tire off the ground and rock it back and forth vertically.

Here is a quick tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkHeDQomX0k

 

My truck started squeaking like that in January here and there when turning. A couple weeks later the squeaking was louder and higher pitched, then it started happening when compressing over bumps as well.
It was the lower ball joints.

 

Just a quick update for everyone, it was my uniballs from the total chaos uppers. I would use triflow after I wheeled or after I greased the bushings or even if I heard a peep from them but for some reason it would not rid this damn noise. What I ended up doing was clean the hell out of the uniballs, drive it around the block, put lithium grease on them (a pretty good amount) drive around the block and about 75% of the noise went away. After I parked my truck I reapplied a small amount of lithium grease to the uniballs but I liberally covered them (top & bottom) and the noise is 95% gone, when I get some free time I'll take the uppers apart and clean them really good and give another update, thanks for the help.

 

I still plan on changing my lower ball joins in the next couple if days

 

Mine was making the same noise and it was also my total chaos uniballs lol . I just put a little tri flow and it took care of It .

 

Maybe it's drive error?

 

Just stay on top of it , this was just leaving my drive, think about it letting go at 65 or 70mph, theres been a couple here who have, not fun was how they described it...

 

Drove (carefully) 200ish miles to Jambo, wheeled the piss out of the truck, drove back to Houston, stopping every 50 miles or so to check the lower ball joints and they seem fine still. The noise went away but dry Teflon lube (I used tri-flow) did not cure the noise, I had to use lithium grease and cycle the suspension quite a bit before the lube could get in there and do its work. I am going to change the LBJ's next week though.