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03-20-2013, 04:35 PM #1
Squeaking from the back
I have had a squeaking sound coming from the back of car once last year. I pulled my car out from storage last weekend and noticed it was still there. I located it coming from underneath the area between the back seats and the hatch. It squeaks when I drive 70mph or faster and when I accelerate quickly. Has anybody ever experienced this and/or having any suggestions on what I could check? It really sucks driving around with it squeaking. Any help would be appreciated.
WS.6~LM Exhaust w/quad SS tips~Lowered w/Eibach Springs, Bilstein HD shocks, UMI tubular LCAs w/ relo bracket, UMI adjustable on car PHB~UMI front 35mm/rear 22mm sway bars~UMI 2 point SFCs~UMI STB~Volant CAI~Diablo Predator Performance Tune
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03-20-2013, 04:39 PM #2
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Inside the car or outside? I had a bad squeak that turned out to be the latches on the fold down seat. It needed a little grease, problem solved.
U-joints can also squeak, more loudly under acceleration especially from a stop.
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03-21-2013, 02:31 AM #3
The hatch seal can also be a noise maker. There is a seal conditioner made by GM, or you can apply spray silicone, and see what happens. I generally apply spray silicone to the rubber seals on all our cars twice per year.
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03-21-2013, 04:09 AM #4
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Check the hatch struts...mine squeaked till I put some grease on the pivots.
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03-21-2013, 07:36 AM #5
I had this problem until I applied Napa Sil-Glyde to the hatch seal. It worked well. It also worked on my squeaky t top seals
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03-21-2013, 08:25 AM #6
Thanks for the feed back. Well I don't think it is the hatch, although I think I will grease them anyway like many suggested. I took the car on the freeway while my cousin drove a squeezed my head into the hatch area. I pin pointed the noise to be coming from under the car in the center around the axel area. I lowered my car, but didn't put in an adj Torque arm. Think that has anything to do with it?
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03-21-2013, 08:44 AM #7
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I'd attribute the panhard bar before the torque arm if you just lowered it.
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03-21-2013, 10:00 AM #8
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03-21-2013, 10:38 AM #9
The high speed presence has me puzzled. Air buffeting the hatch seems to make more sense than a suspension component.
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03-21-2013, 10:49 AM #10
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03-21-2013, 02:33 PM #11
Are you sure it isn't the exhaust rubbing?
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03-21-2013, 04:05 PM #12
I never checked. That might be it. When I accelerate the exhaust woul come down and when I am at higher speeds it would be closer too. That should have been my first guess. Thanks, ill let you know what I find. I have a LM2 over the axel back. So the exhaust has been enlarged.
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03-21-2013, 04:17 PM #13
Then my guess is it is rubbing. I had the same exact issue. Right where it goes over the axle. You'll see a shiny spot on the exhaust where the metal to metal contact is.
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04-01-2013, 03:42 PM #14
Same problem here. It sounds like you have added some mods and lowered it. I too did the same things. Once I installed everything I realized I did not grease the points on the PHB, LCA's etc... once I greased the points and made sure everything was snug after some driving the highly annoying squeak went away. I also have the LM2 exhaust, but no clearance issues in the back. Just my thoughts and worth a try.
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04-02-2013, 07:34 PM #15
Yeah I did that last year. I was thinking the new parts werent lubed well. I should do it again soon. I can't remember if it went away after I greased it last year. I have t had a chance to check if my exhaust is rubbing yet. I will this weekend, now that the weather is getting better.
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