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Got a creak in the passenger front side....

Started by 69bronzeT5, June 28, 2009, 05:27:15 PM

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69bronzeT5

June 28, 2009, 05:27:15 PM
Noticed a creaking sound yesterday on the front passenger's side of my Duster. Only at slower speeds when you go over bumps or whatever. Poked my head by the wheelwell and got my friend to lean down on the front of the car and it sounds like it's coming from the shock. Any ideas?
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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

mikepmcs

#1
June 28, 2009, 05:46:07 PM
It's the shock. :lol:

Probably the rubber bushings in and around the area is my guess.

I guess the question is?  Is it a metal sound or a rubber creaking sound?
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Charger-Bodie

#2
June 28, 2009, 08:06:51 PM
....or a control arm bushing.
68 Charger R/t white with black v/t and red tailstripe. 440 4 speed ,black interior
68 383 auto with a/c and power windows. Now 440 4 speed jj1 gold black interior .
My Charger is a hybrid car, it burns gas and rubber............

69bronzeT5

#3
June 28, 2009, 08:14:43 PM
Sounds like metal but I could be wrong...hard to say :shruggy:
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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

Charger-Bodie

#4
June 28, 2009, 09:30:00 PM
If the bushings get bad enuf in any of those parts, they can have metal to metal contact.
68 Charger R/t white with black v/t and red tailstripe. 440 4 speed ,black interior
68 383 auto with a/c and power windows. Now 440 4 speed jj1 gold black interior .
My Charger is a hybrid car, it burns gas and rubber............

69bronzeT5

#5
June 28, 2009, 09:34:33 PM
Quote from: 1hot68 on June 28, 2009, 09:30:00 PM
If the bushings get bad enuf in any of those parts, they can have metal to metal contact.

Is there a risk of anything breaking while I'm driving?
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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

TylerCharger69

#6
June 29, 2009, 10:51:01 AM
Control arm bushing....jeeeeeez  I hate that sound when it happens

b5blue

#7
June 29, 2009, 11:21:57 AM
E-Z to check shock first, undo top nut and make sure it's not just a bushing.

69bronzeT5

#8
June 30, 2009, 01:22:47 PM
Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on June 28, 2009, 09:34:33 PM
Quote from: 1hot68 on June 28, 2009, 09:30:00 PM
If the bushings get bad enuf in any of those parts, they can have metal to metal contact.

Is there a risk of anything breaking while I'm driving?


:shruggy:
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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

tricky lugnuts

#9
June 30, 2009, 02:55:09 PM
I'd say there's always a risk of something breaking even with new bushings!

Not Dodge related - but my first car was a 1972 Chevelle... Driving one night - at speeds up to 100 mph - and parked it just fine later in the evening.

Next morning went to work, lightly hit the brakes on my 25 mph street just a couple houses down and the car starts bouncing back and forth, all the way into other lanes of traffic. The weld holding the lower control arm to the frame sheared and was just dangling there...

In one of the scariest drives of my life, I made it to my mechanic friend's shop and we sandblasted and rewelded it. I sold it to a knowing individual several months later and apparently it's been fine ever since...

Still, if it would have broke the night before I might well have died.

Things break. Bad things can happen. May as well try to prevent it as much as you can...  :Twocents:

b5blue

#10
June 30, 2009, 04:29:15 PM
Really do start checking things my friend!

70daytonaclone

#11
July 07, 2009, 01:38:49 PM
no ride it till it breaks!I mean really you must be drinking FLORINATED WATER!

green69rt

#12
July 07, 2009, 10:14:05 PM
Try tightening up the shock mounting nuts.  It doesn't take much in this area to make a real annoying squeak.  They may feel tight but you need to put a wrench on them to make sure.
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