Squeaky front end

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Squeaky front end

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Hi all my v6 has a real bad squeak on front end at any speed if I park it up and push the tyre I can make it do the noise no idea what this can be hope someo e can help


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There is a whole range of things this could be.

Get the car up on a jack and well supported with axle stands or blocks of wood or something.

Wiggle the tyre from top to bottom and then from left to right to see if there is any play in anything.

Alternatively get a long bar and find all the rubber bits behind the wheel, wedge the bar in and under over things and give each individual rubber a wiggle to see if you have excess play in anything.

This would be my first starting block to diagnose this issue
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As above.

Could be strut top mounts, any of the wishbone bushes, steering arm ball joints, drop links, wheel bearing etc..
Hopefully you will find the problem by jacking the wheel up.
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Top strut mounts. To test, if you hold your hand on top of the mount under the bonnet and get someone to bounce the car up and down you should feel a knock. Had this on mine about a month back, and this is how I diagnosed it
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Hi and thanks for all the replys on this I have do e all the tests with pry bar and bouncing and it looks like it's the lower ball joint so gonna sort that this weekend I used a thin syringe to put oil into the joint rubber and squeak gone for now just need the crank pully replacing now and all done
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Glad you got to the bottom of it
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