Doug's Cobalt SS SC

Hey Guys need your help with something. For the first time when driving home from work today & turning left into the gas station I noticed a squeaking sound coming from my front drive side tire area. When backing into my driveway it got worse. I turned my wheel from side to side & it squeaked no matter which way I turned it.

For the record it should be known that about 2-3 years ago I had all of the front end work below done which is why I can't figure out what else it could be ?

Front driver side & front passenger side Hub bearings installed Lower left & lower right control arms replaced Driver side & passenger side struts replaced Driver side & passenger side Sway bar links replaced
Removed & replaced front passenger side & front driver side tie rod end with a brand new Moog outer tie rod end!

Doug's Cobalt SS SC

In addition guys I just pushed up & down on the front driver side fender & im getting a creaking sound. What the heck could it be ? As you can see I nearly replaced my entire front end cost me over 3k back around July of 2015 to Jan 2016 so the parts aren't that old

Doug's Cobalt SS SC

Here's a couple pictures of my driver side strut that again isn't even 3 years old yet, it's wet however I just took it through the car wash to get the salt off of her so I'm not sure if this is water or something else

63 Nova SS

iTrader: (3)

I would say it's just water. Did you replace the strut bearings when you did the front end? Or sway bar end links? Could also be a sway bar bushing or the steering shaft from column to rack, the little u joint on them goes bad. If it's that you usually have a dead spot in the steering when it's at center.

Doug's Cobalt SS SC

Yes I replaced both of my sway bar end links about a year & a half ago. I think your correct about the strut bearing, I don't think that was replaced when I had all of that front end work done they just replaced the struts.

If it is the strut bearings that are going out how much are those typically to replace ? & how much longer do u think I can go without damaging anything ?

Doug's Cobalt SS SC

So nova when I went back and checked it does appear that my front strut mounts were also replaced with my struts however I don't know if they would have also replaced my strut mount bearings when they did my strut mounts or if they would have just re used my OEM strut mount bearings