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W00GYB00GY
12-20-2011, 09:19 PM
So I took my jeep threw some mud a couple days ago, and the next morning I cleaned it off, and thoroughly cleaned under my jeep with a hose.

But now it constantly squeaks, whenever I go over a small bump or make a turn my suspension will squeak and its very annoying...

Is there anything I can do to fix the squeaks? I never had them before until I sprayed under my jeep with water.

Thanks!
prerunner1982
12-20-2011, 09:21 PM
Do you think it is coming from the front or the back?
cantab27
12-20-2011, 09:26 PM
check ya cardinal joint on ya front drive shaft
cantab27
12-20-2011, 09:33 PM
or ya cats not working and a family of mice have moved in......
bigjim350
12-20-2011, 10:51 PM
All the front bushings on mine squeak but goes away after they get a little mud on em. Are yours stock bushings in the control arms? The stock ones usually dont squeak much.
steph74
12-21-2011, 09:15 AM
I am afraid to say : "you should get used to it.... squeaking and noises are not uncommon...."

Wayne... what is the Cardinal joint exactly ?
olds-cool
12-21-2011, 10:29 AM
I am afraid to say : "you should get used to it.... squeaking and noises are not uncommon...."


Ain't that the truth. My Jeep squeeks more than a group of mice having an orgy! The unibody makes it hard to tell exactly where squeeks are coming from since the sound seems to cary through the entire thing. I don't see any lift details (assuming you have one) listed in your profile. I know the Skycrapper stuff on mine has provisions to at least grease the control arms.
4.3LXJ
12-21-2011, 10:35 AM
First place to check is sway bar bushings. They can squeak easily.
W00GYB00GY
12-21-2011, 11:22 AM
It sounds like its coming from the front and back, and I have a 3 inch rough country lift on it...I was going to grease all the fittings but I still don't think that would solve anything.

And I've been mudding a bunch of times before this, sprayed under my jeep and it never squeaked like it has now...hmmm?

Idk what to do...I wish they made a spray I could use to spray on everything under my jeep to lube it up haha!
4.3LXJ
12-21-2011, 12:56 PM
Stand outside the Jeep with the engine off and rock it back and forth, then listen.
prerunner1982
12-21-2011, 01:53 PM
Or lay under it while someone else rocks it...
xj4life2
12-21-2011, 03:26 PM
spray with silicone or white lithium greease , it will shut them up
Bustedback
12-23-2011, 10:39 AM
I hade the same issue with my 95 ZJ and found it was the front swaybar/frame mount bushings causing all of the racket. I got some Moog bushings from www.rockauto.com for about ten bucks and the noise was gone.
AZDoug
12-24-2011, 06:11 AM
It sounds like its coming from the front and back, and I have a 3 inch rough country lift on it...I was going to grease all the fittings but I still don't think that would solve anything.

And I've been mudding a bunch of times before this, sprayed under my jeep and it never squeaked like it has now...hmmm?

Idk what to do...I wish they made a spray I could use to spray on everything under my jeep to lube it up haha!

I though XJs came with a self lubing feature, thru the RMS and oil filter adapter!
xjrev10
12-30-2011, 08:28 AM
I am afraid to say : "you should get used to it.... squeaking and noises are not uncommon...."

Wayne... what is the Cardinal joint exactly ?

Cardon joint. Ball and socket type joint on the t-case end of the front DS
cantab27
12-30-2011, 11:44 AM
Cardon joint. Ball and socket type joint on the t-case end of the front DS

sorry steve missed that question...and thanks austin..:)..mine has made that noise from there twice....the sound kinda travels , thought it was going from left front for a while....have you found the mouse yet:D