M35 Creaky Suspension

[danwatt]

Hi, Has anyone had much experience with diagnosing creaky suspension. I have noticed the when traveling over bumps, in and out of the driveway and some cornering there is a creaky noise coming from the front suspension. Im not sure if it is from the shockers, swaybar bushes are the control arm bushes.

Under braking / acceleration there doesnt seem to be any noises which lead me to believe that the problem is not control arm bushes (Or maybe im just hoping this), From what i can tell could it be the swaybar bushes ? they seem a little deformed and worn but not too bad or do shockers make this type of noise also ?

The car has done 60k and everything is original so its probably about time that some parts need replacing.

Any ideas of what I should do ?? Remove the sway bar and see what happens or can I take the car some where do a propped diagnosis ? Let me know what experiences you have had

regards

Dan

[Paramour]

Hi, Has anyone had much experience with diagnosing creaky suspension. I have noticed the when traveling over bumps, in and out of the driveway and some cornering there is a creaky noise coming from the front suspension. Im not sure if it is from the shockers, swaybar bushes are the control arm bushes.

Under braking / acceleration there doesnt seem to be any noises which lead me to believe that the problem is not control arm bushes (Or maybe im just hoping this), From what i can tell could it be the swaybar bushes ? they seem a little deformed and worn but not too bad or do shockers make this type of noise also ?

The car has done 60k and everything is original so its probably about time that some parts need replacing.

Any ideas of what I should do ?? Remove the sway bar and see what happens or can I take the car some where do a propped diagnosis ? Let me know what experiences you have had

regards

Dan

I have noticed it, sounds like something is loose, I was told it is common but poses no safety issues......

[Duncan]

I know this sounds crazy.....but take it to pedders and get their $14 check. Their job is to find everything possible wrong so they can make a sale so they actually do a pretty thorough job. and when they are done get them to actually show you the problems on the hoist.

but don't get them to actually fix it of course

[Paramour]

I know this sounds crazy.....but take it to pedders and get their $14 check. Their job is to find everything possible wrong so they can make a sale so they actually do a pretty thorough job. and when they are done get them to actually show you the problems on the hoist.

but don't get them to actually fix it of course

I like your way of thinking.........

[danwatt]

I know this sounds crazy.....but take it to pedders and get their $14 check. Their job is to find everything possible wrong so they can make a sale so they actually do a pretty thorough job. and when they are done get them to actually show you the problems on the hoist.

but don't get them to actually fix it of course

Thats what I was thinking of doing Cheers

[IMPORTD]

I had a squeaky front end...got diagnosed as a broken camber pin. Put new camber pins and castor bushes in and no more squeak. Just ask R_dirty_3, he works at WA Suspension and did the work on my stag.

[Duncan]

what on earth is a camber pin? bolt through a bush for a control arm? or didn't they really explain it?

camber is not adjustable except for a tiny bit at the rear so I have nfi what they are talking about

[danwatt]

Cheers for the advice, WIll have a look under the car when I get the thing started, Got a starter issue, No signal or something from the shifter. Something else to look at tomorrow.

[IMPORTD]

Sorry Duncan, it was Camber Bushes. I dunno where I got camber pin from lol so anyway they were replaced and no more squeaks.

[STAG250]

I had a knocking noise and that was down to worn bushes but I get a creaking noise and that may be on the shocks so I will investigate further.

[danwatt]

I had a knocking noise and that was down to worn bushes but I get a creaking noise and that may be on the shocks so I will investigate further.

Thanks, Did you get replacement bushes for the car ?, Which ones did you need to replace ?, How much ?

Did you replace the swaybar bushes at the same time ?

Edited March 26, 2008 by danwatt

[STAG250]

yeah I replaced the swaybar bushes and the others were down around the bottom of the suspension tower

work carried out by Autolign here in Auckland for $NZ 461.25 but I paid $200 approx extra for parts ex Nissan Japan

Autolign carries sway bar bushes for this car as these commonly go

[STAG250]

sorry the sway bar bushes I supplied and they were ex japan and included linkages

the radius arm bushes are what go commonly I think