shamon

my 99 grand marquis have a creaking noise while turning steering wheel

Bert

Does it do it setting still , going down the road or both? All the time or when its cold?

ToxicAdam

I'm getting this..

I bought a grease gun with a needle point to grease all the ball joints but it's not working..

Some days the car is as quiet as a mouse while other days its unbearable. It happens when I turn the wheel left/right or lift up and down on the front of the car.

I can't pen-point the sound lactation... sounds like its coming from everywhere!

ToxicAdam

This is the noise;


Anyone know what that is?

jsuthers

If you listen to it under the hood where is the sound coming from?


my guess is on the rack and pinion.

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2011 Fusion - 20000mi (daily)

ToxicAdam

Its a rubber on metal sound, jsuthers

Its hard to pen-point the sound.. its near the shocks but the sound vibrates out so loud it could be coming from elsewhere. The guy that made this video said it was the shocks rubber bushings.

jsuthers

you might want to check out the strut mounts and strut mount bearings

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2005 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor - 125000mi (work)
2011 Fusion - 20000mi (daily)

Bob1958

I get the same noise, but only when I'm cranking the wheel hard. That noise came with the car when I bought it used.

Bert

If it's only on that side, one of the balljoints is dry. I've stopped some temporarily by making a very small hole in the boot and spraying WD40 in there.

andyfanshawe

Simple to diagnose.
Disconnect tie rod from spindle/knuckle then try again. If its still noisy, have a close look at the steering. Turn the spindle/knuckle by hand. If its this thats making the noise, there are only 2 possibilities-top or bottom ball joint.

Good luck.
Andy.

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