scott

An Older post I made last year:

I have a 1999 Chevy Venture van. It is running great except for this
squeaking noise. When you turn and hit a dip it squeaks like a
tricycle with a rusted wheel. It also does this when slowing down or
just moving through a bumpy parking lot. It has done this also on a
smooth surface just stopping at a red light. The shocks seem fine
because the van drives very, very smooth.

I took it o my mechanic and he greased some bushings, and said
that should fix it. Well it didn't. Anyone have any idea what it is? I
have parked the van, and then stood outside of it, and rocked it side
to side, and front to back, and can never hear it. It is coming from
the front of the vehicle for sure. What could it be?

Newer post:

It's me again. Still got the same squeaking noise as described above.
I am going F*****G nuts. Finally now you can actually rock the van
side to side and hear the noise. My son rocked, I sprayed. Nearly 2
cans of silicone spray on every part I could think of. Still
squeaking. I took it back to my mechanic and told him that we could
finally make the squeak happen. He heard it finally and was almost
100% positive it was the ball joints. It sounds as if it is coming
from the middle of the car. Scheduled the repair.

Took it to him Wednesday. He sat aside many hours to try and please
me. He said he took nearly the entire uncarriage apart, checked
bushings, sway bar, control arm, shocks, struts, tires, rotors, and
even checked ball joints throughly. After getting my van back it's
still squeaking. He knew it would be because he said after checking
everything he could possibly think of, several things I didn't name
cause I cant remember he said he could find nothing.

Everything was greased fine he said. He is frustrated as well. He said
after working on cars as many years as he has he just cannot find out
where that damn noise is coming from. It is very irritating. The only
thing he could come up with is that the van has possible been wrecked
and could be coming from the frame somewhere. We cannot find it.
Anyone have any ideas?

scott

I'm adding this to my original post below. The squeaking is so
aggravating that I always ride with the radio up fairly loud to try
and drown out the noise.

Tonight I decided to drive with the radio down and noticed that this
squeaking 99% of the time only happens when I am turning *RIGHT* into
a parking lot and causing the van to rock from left to right. When I
turn *LEFT* out of the parking lot also causing the van to rock from
left to right it doesn't do it. Could this have something to do with
the steering? Squeaks very loud when turning right, but not when
turning left.

I mean it is terrible. It sounds as if the van is just an old rusted
piece of junk. It's not just no simple little squeak. It doesn't stop
until the van has stopped rocking from left to right after making the
turn. I just wish someone here could hear it. It is excruciating.
Please if you have any ideas or suggestions as to what my mechanic
could check let me know. Could it be steering?

dennis mayer

Front sway bar (anti roll) attachments.... OR

all 4 shock attachment locations...

OR loose front skid plate bolts.....

scott

Thanks, I'll let my mechanic know to check these things.