squeaky front end?

[02sport trac]

So today I'm cruising around and I hear a annoying noise from the right front area. The best way to describe it is a 1920 bed box spring or a mouse in a glue trap I guess. The noise is not coming from the sway bar frame mounts as I hoped. It sounds like it coming from the upper control arm bushings. Any ideas? I'm in salt snow country maybe a undercarriage wash?

 

[techieman33]

is it an occasional squeak or a constant one? Does it only happen when your moving or can you rock the trac back and for to make it? does it get louder as you go faster?

 

[02sport trac]

Its all the time, its quite obvious in the driveway when I just barely pull up on that fender or when I step on the pass. side tow hook. I just went out and had a friend pull up and down on the tow hook, and I guess it could be the sway bar mount. It has a rather dry/ salted look, they are orange in color.

 

[techieman33]

I would replace the sway bar bushings first, anything after that gets way more expensive.

 

[02sport trac]

Is there a way to spray some wd-40 or something on the bushing as a tester? I figure it could be due to the extreme temp. drop. I forgot to mention that it goes away after a 15min. drive.

 

[JohnnyO]

Mine was a ball joint.