Thread #18944

Creaking noise when turning..

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JITbSeptember 27, 2009
#272986

Creaking noise when turning..

Sooo i was in the process of having the tires on my wheels flipped around, b/c of camber wear. So im rocking my oem wheels for now. And i put them on, and now i have a creaking noise from the front driver side. My ball joints look to be in bad shape, and i know the lowering hasnt helped at all. And now im hearing this crazy noise when i turn. is this the sign to stop driving until i get them fixed.. or is it something else? it only does it when i turn right, and sometimes when i brake... and turn left. Im not to good with diagnosing suspension problems.
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Sooo i was in the process of having the tires on my wheels flipped around, b/c of camber wear.  So im rocking my oem wheels for now.  And i put them on, and now i have a creaking noise from the front driver side.  My ball joints look to be in bad shape, and i know the lowering hasnt helped at all.  And now im hearing this crazy noise when i turn.  is this the sign to stop driving until i get them fixed.. or is it something else?  it only does it when i turn right, and sometimes when i brake... and turn left.  Im not to good with diagnosing suspension problems.
volkgt7September 27, 2009
#273005
ball jizzle? tie rods?
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ball jizzle? tie rods?
JITbSeptember 27, 2009
#273016
IM an idiot...i figured it out... i was just freaking out.

But it was the tuner lugs on the oem wheels, that did it. My oem lugs were stripped out, and i used my tuner lugs on the oem wheels. They fit and hold the wheel secure, but they seem to back out slowly. And made that creeking noise. A trip to the pullapart, for some oem lugs fixed it...

but tie rods ar enew in and out, just waiting onmy ball joints and thats next! i was just scared they were goin out early on me..
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IM an idiot...i figured it out... i was just freaking out.

But it was the tuner lugs on the oem wheels, that did it.  My oem lugs were stripped out, and i used my tuner lugs on the oem wheels.  They fit and hold the wheel secure, but they seem to back out slowly.  And made that creeking noise.  A trip to the pullapart, for some oem lugs fixed it...

but tie rods ar enew in and out, just waiting onmy ball joints and thats next!  i was just scared they were goin out early on me..
DamicciSeptember 28, 2009
#273188
Wow I have never heard that. You can hear your lug nuts backing out. Seems like the lug nuts have an issues if they back out.
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Wow I have never heard that. You can hear your lug nuts backing out. Seems like the lug nuts have an issues if they back out.
JITbSeptember 28, 2009
#273277
Damicci;273188 wrote:Wow I have never heard that. You can hear your lug nuts backing out. Seems like the lug nuts have an issues if they back out.


naw they werent backing out, the spacer was moving and making the creaking noise when i turned.. And i think thats what made them start to back out. oem wheels, and tuner lugs just dont go together.
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[QUOTE=Damicci;273188]Wow I have never heard that. You can hear your lug nuts backing out. Seems like the lug nuts have an issues if they back out.[/QUOTE]

naw they werent backing out, the spacer was moving and making the creaking noise when i turned.. And i think thats what made them start to back out.  oem wheels, and tuner lugs just dont go together.
charley240sxSeptember 29, 2009
#273360
ive had that problem before as well, but again, my camber is excessive somewhere in the ballpark of -10-12° camber. once tightened down, the creaking stopped.
Charley
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ive had that problem before as well, but again, my camber is excessive somewhere in the ballpark of -10-12° camber. once tightened down, the creaking stopped.
Charley