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lizem100 08-30-2004 11:57 PM

300 E squeaks when I get in
 
I weigh 180 lbs and when I get in the driver's seat the car squeaks. Not the seat but it sounds as if the noise comes from the body under the driver's side. Any ideas?
Thanks

Freestyler 08-31-2004 01:51 AM

That's a classic.
It's your support joint that creaks. Its a combination ball joint/bushing. (a metal bushing inside a larger metal bushing) It's pressed into the bottom of the wheel carrier (hub) and the spring link (lower control arm) bolts into it.

That ball joint/bushing eventually will rust and/or get stuck and thus can no longer move. Therefore the whole assembly will move inside the wheel carrier and create a very annoying "CREEAK" whenever the wheel carrier moves up or down. -You just don't hear it when you are driving..

Replace them in both sides and the problem should be solved.

Freestyler

oasis100 08-31-2004 01:47 PM

How much would that cost, cuz I have the same problem, but the noise is coming from the right rear.

lizem100 08-31-2004 11:01 PM

I tried to listen carefully and the noise seems to be coming from the driver's rear wheel. Thus I suppose the suppport joint is in the rear suspension. Easy fix?

Freestyler 08-31-2004 11:49 PM

I wouldn't know the price for replacing just that one bushing. I had all my bushings replaced in one go.
You can see the old thread here.

Freestyler

Marcb 09-01-2004 10:31 AM

Some of the rear squeaks are caused by worn lower control arm bushings....


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