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My 07 Z is making squeaks as I go over bumps

Old Mar 31, 2012 | 09:35 AM
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Default My 07 Z is making squeaks as I go over bumps

I have a 2007 Z and I havent done anything to the stock suspension or brakes, but i did put in hotchkis sway bars last year. Whenever I am going over bumps (even a newly paved road that has some small ones) i hear a squeaking underneath my car. I dont hear it more when i am doing turns, so I can assume that the bushings to my sway bars have enough grease.

What could be causing this? My mil is 24000. I want to say suspension, but thats just a guess
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 10:12 AM
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Where do you think squeak comes from? rear? front? driver side? passenger side? I'd ask one of your friend to stand by your car as you are going over a few speed bumps to actually locate it. You can save ton of time by doing this. After that, you can jack up the car and see what's up
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 10:20 AM
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i would try re greasing your sway bar bushings and see if it goes away to start
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 10:25 AM
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could be your rear shock gaskets being too dry.
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 12:41 PM
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If you hear it from the rear area almost from the wheel well, I had an issue here and my mechanic knew the Z well and replaced some hardware and stuff. See this link from my thread with the items.

https://my350z.com/forum/maintenance...l-answers.html
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 01:04 PM
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endlinks kabloey perhaps
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 02:14 PM
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ok well i found it and fixed it. i proped my car up and the first thing i looked at was the rear sway bar -- since i had installed that myself. lo and behold, of the 2 nuts per side that is holding it on, one side had 1 solid, 1 loose, and the squeaky side had 1 loose, 1 missing. I took my impact wrench and really tightened all 3 remaining, and brought the car down. The squeakiness is gone.

next step: go to ace's and buy stainless steel/galvanized 14mm nut, maybe a few more as replacements. To make sure this doesnt happen again, ill buy some locktite. also, be proactive and check my front
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