creaking from suspension - solution

Like many others i have had a creaking from the front suspension. The mechanics were sound just annoying. My local friendly mechanic suggested something which he has had success on an audi with before and its worked!! He used a syringe to inject the rubber with grease, this cost me £10 for a drink for him and the noise has completely disappeared. Certainly worth a try before you go down the more expensive route!!

My old E280 Merc did the same. I did that regularly, but it always came back. I hope you are luckier than me.

Well i guess time will tell - but at least its saved a few quid for now! [ ] Will let you all know if/when it comes back!

I think I will have to try this as well. The squeek from the front is getting such that I was beginning to think a herd of mice were claiming squatters rights in the wheel wells!!!! [8|] Mark

+1. My car is in to get all the wheel bearings replaced so the indy is having a look at the suspension components at the front. It could be the lower wishbones, antiroll bar links/bushes or bushes

Let me know the price, I have been quoted 2000 quid for wishbone replacement (just bushes ) and two top mounts from an indy.

I get alot of this too! I'll have to give it a go...

The front offside suspension has been doing this for a bit now. would you suggest that the wishbone bushes are the cause of the creaking. apparently all the bushes are sound mechanically just noisy. Any update as to how the grease injection solution is holding up.

Still free from creaks but early days yet i guess.? Even if it doesn't work forever, it may help to diagnose where the problem is coming from if you do them one at a time. Mine was passenger side front ball joint. He intentionally did mine one at a time to narrow down which one was causing the problem.

Hi Julie I'd be interested in whether your car is still quiet and, if so, where the repair was done..mine now sounds like a very creaky wardrobe door when I turn the steering wheel :-o Denys

That makes a brace of squeaky Porsche 996's then.[ ] [ ] Mark

Still quiet up to now and that includes several trips down farm tracks albeit very slowly! first longish run on sunday to Keswick so will post after that too The injection was into the ball joint but more than that i can't say as it was my friend with the garage who did it. Hope this is helpful

Just got my car back, the indy replaced both rear wheel bearings, got the alternator and starter refurbished, replaced my coolant header tank and did the wheel alignment all for £1100. Labour was £600 and original Porsche parts £550. The creaky front has decided to be quiet and the indy had a look at all the usual culprits but all fine at the moment so the front was left alone.

Hi Julie Sorry I wasn't clear - I didn't mean where on the car was the repair done..I meant where in the North East is the garage that carried out the work :-o Denys

It is indeed as I had a look on Sunday and think the squeek on mine is coming from the lower suspension arm. Mark

The garage who did it for me is in Leadgate near Consett Co.Durham and is owned by a chap called Dave Ledger. If you are close let me know and i'll give you his number The car had quite a run to Keswick and back (plus a detour when we got lost or as my husband puts it we knew where we were but we weren't where we were supposed to be!!) on Sunday and was silent all day so hopefully the fix may last a while

Hi Julie - I live in Newcastle ) ..if you could pass the 'phone number on that would be great!

No prob its 07831652538, just tell him you know me and he'll know what to do. Can't guarantee mates rates as he's been fixing our landrovers for years and knows us socially too but he certainly won't be expensive. Cheers

Thanks - I'll give him a ring..understand your point about mates' rates - no problem! ..might be able to hear the wireless soon ;o)

Mine were creaking terribly and getting very embarrassing driving down the high street. Before shelling out for new wishbones, drop links, top mounts etc, I tried spraying everything with lube, wd40, silicone, but nothing solved it. I then had the idea of injecting lube into the ball joint rubber. I used a needle and syringe from an inkjet refilling kit and used a dremel to make the needle into as fine and sharp a point as i could. I then used auto lube spray into a pot which i sucked up into the syringe and injected into the ball joint rubber dust covers. Do this as high as possible and less lube will be able to be squeezed out. The hole the needle made is impossible to see but will likely breath now the air seal is broken, you could possibly find something to seal this but not sure it is necessary, if you could make it in some way to see where the needle entered then it would save making another hole if it needs to be done again. The noise went by the time i'd driven 100 yrds down the road and has not come back now for 2 months. I am not suggesting that this is the correct thing to do and dont know if it will be detrimental to the joint in any way (teflon coated joints), but it certainly pins down the noise to the ball joints, which could then be replaced without spending cash on other areas. Hartech do exchange wishbones for £200 a a side and it's not that hard to replace them. A geo set up at Center of Gravity for a couple of hundred more and 2 grand at an indy sounds like robbery to me! Slight knocking noises are likely to be worn drop links but creaking is 99% of the time the ball joints. Top mount creaking can normally be alleviated by taking the caps of the strut mounts under the bonnet and spaying some lube in the recess to stop rubbers creaking against the mounting.