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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 02:46 AM
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Question Front end squeak

I have a squeak in the front end of my 02 SCREW and I only hear it when going over bumps. But I noticed today that it goes away when its raining. Anybody else have this problem or have any idea where it could be coming from. I thought it was my ball joints but now I'm pretty sure it ain't. I'm thinking sway bar bushings or shock mounts at this point.
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 06:49 AM
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Yup, could be anything up there with a rubber bushing. The rain lubricates it temporarily.
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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 12:49 AM
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Mine had the front end squeak and it was the lower driver ball joint
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Old Apr 12, 2013 | 01:24 AM
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My 97 would squeak on bumps and when turning the steering wheel and I had the pitman arm replaced and she never made a noise again.

The ford dealer thought it was the balljoints and I replaced them due to alot of slop before the pitman replacement and it fixed the slop but it still squeaked until like I said I replaced the pitman arm.

I dont know if this helps but this was My experience.
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Old Apr 12, 2013 | 01:29 AM
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Start with cheapest thing first, replace sway bar bushings cause those squeek a lot when bad, and if the noise persists then replace all 4 ball joints
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