Posted by Sam Mangano (IP: 209.66.34.34) on June 28, 1999 at 21:37:55:
In Reply to: Your upper control-arm bushings need greased. posted by T.L. on June 28, 1999 at 16:56:39:
T.L. is right. I'd bet my life that's where your noise is coming from. I've had it happen to me. The problem is getting access to those fittings. There's no room to get a grease gun in there because the shock tower is so close to both the front and rear fittings. When I had the engine out of my car, I got a 3/4 inch hole saw and drilled holes in the shock towers to provide access to the fittings. You could make smaller holes though, I just wanted to be sure I had enough room. I've seen guys burn holes out with a torch, which works, but it always looks like hell. Without removing the engine, I think you could get a right-angle drill in there and make some holes so you can get rid of that noise.
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: : Two Problems that I could use help with.
: : 1 Front end sarted squeaking where should I start to look to correct that, if it turns out to be bushings what should i look for when inspecting them to find the bad one or should i just change them all?
: : 2. Tranny trouble. When she is cold the car won't go into First gear or Reverse. She "pops" into gear after a second of reving the engine. This is an auto so I guess I am looking at tranny trouble could it be something else?