Creaking

[smoke20]

Any thoughts what this creaking sound may be as I pull into the garage? I go up an incline to my garage….when half the car is in it creaks and as it completely enters the flat garage floor the creaking seems to subside. Backing out is quiet, and I do not seem to notice the creak when starting or stopping on the road….

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[Brent@ANParts]

Could possibly be the sway bar bushings.

 

[smoke20]

Funny you say that. Inside the car it does sound like a polyurethane bushing creaking….I have lived through that on many cars over the years. But I figured the OEM bushings are just rubber and would not make noise. Everything is stock.

Possible that the stocks would creak??

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

It would be helpful to see a wider angle video so we get a sense of the incline you mention. Holding the phone horizontally and using the widest angle lens would be great.

I have the driveway from hell, transitioning from the 26% grade of the street to the flat garage floor in a space of around ten feet. The right-front freewheels by about 3". As you might imagine, there is definitely some creaking going on, but not from the sway bars (which are Steeda, not OEM).

 

[smoke20]

Ok, will try to shoot again tomorrow…wide angle cinemascope (old term, ha).

Mine is not from hell, but when the front wheels get into the flat garage, the rears are -11 degrees.

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

Ok, will try to shoot again tomorrow…wide angle cinemascope (old term, ha).

Mine is not from hell, but when the front wheels get into the flat garage, the rears are -11 degrees.

11º is about a 19% grade, so yeah, that's a lot. (Mine is about 15º...)

 

[smoke20]

Here are a couple of tries.

 

[smoke20]

Went in today for the 12V recall and the ‘creak’….getting new front axle half shafts; hmm….we shall see if this is the source of the creak.

 

[jav_eee]

my first guess would be the brake calipers or something associated with them.

see if you can replicate the sound with the car in neutral as you press the brake pedal a few times.

 

[smoke20]

I have new front half axle shafts and the creaking is gone. I can’t explain it but I am pleased.

 

[austinsf]

As you might imagine, there is definitely some creaking going on, but not from the sway bars (which are Steeda, not OEM).

@JohnFoxeSheets — did you ever identify where the creaking was coming from? I am on rally springs and Eibach bars and hear some creaking from (only) the front right side when accelerating from a stop, and also when I'm going slowly over bumpy neighborhood roads.

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

@JohnFoxeSheets — did you ever identify where the creaking was coming from? I am on rally springs and Eibach bars and hear some creaking from (only) the front right side when accelerating from a stop, and also when I'm going slowly over bumpy neighborhood roads.

My car’s creaking is specific to when I drive into the garage and I’m sure is related to the bizarreness of my driveway. Since the creaking you’re experiencing is from a specific location in the car and it happens in normal driving, I suggest you get it checked…

 

[smoke20]

I have new front half axle shafts and the creaking is gone. I can’t explain it but I am pleased.

…and creaking is now back. Gotta be suspension/bushing ‘thing’….only happens on front to rear elevation change.

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