suspention squeaks...

[yamaweezle]

prolly been discussed before, but i've got a sharp squeak sound out of the LF wheel area when i strike bumps, or good dips in the road...can't get it to do it by bouncing the front of the car, so it makes it hard to find...ideas?

[es250nut]

Might be the control arm bushings... You could also elaborate on what year your Camry is.

[yamaweezle]

Originally posted by es250nut
You could also elaborate on what year your Camry is.

sorry, my bad...it's a 2000, and it doesn't sound like a bushing...it's a sharp metal-to-metal type squeak...really high pitched...

[87Camry5Speed]

Two guesses-

1. Although your car is only four years old, there's the possibility you have a bad strut mount. This would be one source of teh squeak.

2. Having just been through this myself- Do you have hubcaps? I had Toyota gen3 V6 hubs on my '95 for a while after I upgraded to 15s, and they fit loosely on the rim- so they slipped, and everytime I hit a bump I got a squeak exactly like the one you describe. Got better hubcaps (from an 04, the 10 spoke version) and the squeak was gone. Just another point to consider.

Steve

[yamaweezle]

i think i'll look into the strutmount theory a little further...the car has the premium alloy wheels... thanks...