I hate squeaks

[jpmaniac87]

I've got one, somewhere up front, but i can't pinpoint it... not the shocks, cause i just replaced them... i sprayed wd40 on the upper control arm mount bushings and on the sway bar mount bushings and the damned thing's still doin it... Any ideas???

 

[boostaholic]

Go drive the xj, it will make you feel better about the squeaks.

 

[jpmaniac87]

Haha! This is, well, VERY true! Problem is, she's about 4 hrs south cause i'm at school... But, all in all, good point

 

[boostaholic]

All you can do is grease the fittings. Control arm bushings would probably be my guess or tie rods. White lithium grease the hell out of that stuff and it should be fine.

 

[jpmaniac87]

Ok, i greased the tie rod end zerc fittings and... NO LUCK, she still squeaks... any tricks as to how i can get to the control arm zerc fittings? o, and i used regular black lithium grease, is that bad??

 

[jey_]

I don't remember if it was the control arm fittings I was going after but I remember there were a few that were hard to get to until I removed the wheel. I just grease those every time I rotate the tires.

 

[RenegadeTahoe]

Not sure how much they've changed, however when I was a lube tech at Q-lube (1996-1999), the full-size Chevy's had like 11-13 fittings.... some were hard to find / get to.

 

[jpmaniac87]

Now, at a "Lube, oil, filter", are they supposed to grease all of these?

 

[RenegadeTahoe]

Now, at a "Lube, oil, filter", are they supposed to grease all of these?

Depends on the shop... and whether the tech wants to or not. At Q-lube we were held to a standard and we had to give our stats on every car (filter, how many fittings on chassis, on drivelines, level of boxes, etc) i.e. Chevy truck 4x4 w/ V8 = "3980, 11, sealed, all boxes full" That would be a QS3980 (equivalent to Fram PH3980), 11 fittings on the chassis, no fittings on the driveline (sealed), front/rear diff and xfer case were all checked and full. Now, whether other shops were held to that standard, who knows? I worked for a Texaco Xpress lube and they just asked what filter I put on... and how clean the boxes were... to sell stuff. LOL

edit: at many shops... a standard "LOF" consisted of changing the oil and filter... that's it. Sometimes they'll grease the zerks... but it's not guaranteed.

 

[jpmaniac87]

Say i request that, saying you gotta "lube the chassis", are they held to that?

 

[RenegadeTahoe]

Say i request that, saying you gotta "lube the chassis", are they held to that?

Not necessarily held to it, but they know you'll be looking for it, and if they're worth anything, they'll comply.