Squeaking Over Speed Bumps!

[ExpeditionUser]

Hey Fellas,

I'm starting to hear squeaking from the front end when I drive over speed bumps and the suspension travels. My truck has 107K mis. on it, and I believe all the suspension to be original. Whoever owned this thing before me was obviously obsessive in their excellent care for the truck, it looks brand new. Anyways, I am thinking that it could be the ball joints starting to go. I had it up in the air a few weeks ago, and everything LOOKED go and everything I could wiggle was nice and tight.

Any suggestions?

 

[sgtowing]

Control arm bushings

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[FordandPolaris]

Lower ball joints. Grease dries out and metal on metal causes squeaking. If you don't fix them soon, you will start to get squeaking when turning the wheels too.

 

[ExpeditionUser]

Yeah, I'm leaning more towards ball joints as well. Initially I was thinking it could be control arm bushings, but they looked excellent when I checked the suspension a few weeks ago.

 

[FordandPolaris]

Both can cause squeaking but usually ball joints cause it first. At least from the few vehicles I have worked with.