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squeeking like an old bed

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  • 29-10-2008 11:01am
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    y
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    Nissan primera 02. Yesterday the car started squeeking like an old bed with crockety springs. Think its coming from the front drivers side. It was 0 degrees yesterday. Is it the cold or something worse. Its the first time i heard it and its there today also.I drove the car for a while last night to heat it up and it was still there.Breaks, shocks? Anybody?Cheers.


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    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,967 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    If it was a VAG I'd say 100% ARB bushes. It might be the same on a primera, the cold would make them less lubricated and less likely to accept movement in the rubber


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    y
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    Cheers quazzie. Thats not a big job is it? Price wise? Bit broke at the mo and dont want to be forking out a fortune.


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    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,967 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    About €50 with your local mechanic. Like I said thats almost certainlty it if it was a VAG but your is japanese. If it was them a bit of grease might be enough to cure the problem.


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    HungryJoey
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    The best thing to do would be to get your mechanic to have a look at it. You could fork out a fortune for bushes and find out it wasn't them causing it.

    I'd probably hazard a guess its the wishbone bushes causing it which probably wouldn't be so cheap due to the labour costs ( there would probably be 2 bushes on each wishbone, and they have to be removed and pressed in ).


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    jamesO
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    Yea as Quazzie2002 said sounds like the ARB's. One way to know for sure is they tend to stop making noise in wet or damp weather.


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    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,514 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Did you drive through any puddles of water recently or get the car washed?
    - Same thing happened me after washing the car. Took around 24hours for it to disappear

    Have you checked the bonnet is fully down?
    - Drove around before with my bonnet slightly open!


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