my truck is squeeking like crazy! front end i think, usually happens on little bumpy roads...like tar filled cracks ect, my kid hears me coming down the road my house is on by hearing the squeeking. smooth roads its fine. just had the ball joints and something else replaced but it was doing it before that just not as bad, just getting worse.


anyone had a similar problem with a dodge like this?

 

one of my front axle u-joints squeaked before i had to replace it.

oh and it squeaked more when turning.

 

One of my upper control arms squeaks a lot. I had to loosen the bolt to make it stop.

Park your truck and lay under it. Press up on the truck and when it moves up and down you may be able to isolate your squeak. It worked for me....

 

I tried that, also had the kid jumping on the bumper trying to hear where it was coming from and couldnt hear nothing...seems them hard little road cracks make it do it the best, probably taking it in this week to get it looked at, its driving me nuts

just like to have ideas to feed into the mechanics head.

 

Sway bar bushings, track bar bushings, sway bar end links...

 

Is your's a 2wd also? Mine's does it too. I've isolated it to the front passenger side, but I'm still confused on what is making all the noise on that side. The sound is worse with small, quick, jar'ing type bumps where the suspension only moves like a 1/4 - 1/8 of an inch. Just hopping into the truck makes the noise also. Almost sounds like bad coil springs, but I don't think it is. It's hard to believe that a squeaking sound can be louder and more annoying than the chatter of a diesel.... but it is!

I've taking the shocks off, no effect on noise. I've lubed all the rubber bushings with silicon spray, little effect on noise. One day I'm going to disconnect the front sway bar and see what happens.

I agree, the noise is a killer!

 

Thats exactly how mine is, mines going to the shop on monday, I told them i dont want it back till the squeek is gone..annoying isnt the word.

when they did the ball joints in summer they also replaced a couple of bushings and sway somethings.

I will report back when its fixed and what it was.

 

I had a frt end squeak and sprayed the sway bar and track bar bushings with silicone lube. Squeak gone!

 

Try poping the hood when you hear it,it could be those rubber bumpers under the hood rubbing on the engine compartment frame as the hood flexes.Mine does it and it sounds like its coming from somewhere else.

 

if you have put Shocks on the truck it could be the bolt and nut not tight enough mine was like that couldn't pin point the problem till I went under there and started tightening the nuts and bolts up worked for me.

 

Any report yet? I took my sway bar's and links off this weekend and I still had the squeak. It really seems like it's coming from the coil spring. But I don't know

 

Wow, my head is spinning! 4k miles ago i had all the Ball joints done they used Moog Ball joints, so now the shop says there bad! Moog is replacing them, are Moog junk? they also found a bunch of other stuff bad, that should of been replaced with the first ball joints that the Extended warranty wouldnt cover, but now they are covering it


I will report back monday night when i get the truck back with what exactly was all replaced and if my squeel is gone

 

Moog is crap on our trucks, they're forged so they bind up real bad. There are lots of threads on that particular topic. Carli and Dynatrac have been mentioned as the best alternatives. I did moog as well, after my second set I have decided on the Dynatracs

 

yeah I read a few of them threads, makes me feel good junk is going back in, guess i will ask the shop what were gonna do next when they go to crap in 4 k again....someones paying for it I'm sure not! would think i would get more then 4k out of them!!

 

Picked it up today, replaced parts go as.
Center link
tie rod end of pitman arm
inner tie rod end
drag link
Ujoint front drive axle
Ball joints

so between this time in the shop and the last time, the whole front end is basically new.

And i still got my squeek