- Apr 9, 2012
- 936
I've been chasing this problem down for months, and nobody seems to be able to know what the issue is. Basically, when going over bumps there will be a light squeak/creek coming from the rear end somewhere. The sound is way more prominent when there are passengers in the rear, as in, every little bump fills the cabin with the noise. It sounds very similar to metal on metal contact, or I think maybe like a worn out metal spring mattress. Its hard to describe but its along those lines.
At first, I thought it was the slip yoke needing to be lubricated or it was going bad. Jacked the truck up and took a look, everything seems to be fine. I found the fuel filler neck wasn't attached to the frame, and found it made a squeaking noise when moved by hand. So I went to the dealer and bought the plastic retaining clip to replace the broken one, figured it was done and over with....nope noise is still there. I checked the spare tire, and heat shield to see if maybe it was those two and they are both solid. All I could think of is maybe the rear sway bar bushings? The stabilizer links are my second guess, but they usually clunk when bad, but they're pretty firm and hardly budge by hand. The links do look fairly worn out, and don't appear to be the factory originals. I did notice there was this strange metal bracket, but I have no idea where it goes to. I've attached a picture of the stabilizer link and the unknown metal bracket.
Any clues of something I may be overlooking? I've tried recording the sound but the mic on my phone isn't sensitive enough to pick the sound up from the inside.
At first, I thought it was the slip yoke needing to be lubricated or it was going bad. Jacked the truck up and took a look, everything seems to be fine. I found the fuel filler neck wasn't attached to the frame, and found it made a squeaking noise when moved by hand. So I went to the dealer and bought the plastic retaining clip to replace the broken one, figured it was done and over with....nope noise is still there. I checked the spare tire, and heat shield to see if maybe it was those two and they are both solid. All I could think of is maybe the rear sway bar bushings? The stabilizer links are my second guess, but they usually clunk when bad, but they're pretty firm and hardly budge by hand. The links do look fairly worn out, and don't appear to be the factory originals. I did notice there was this strange metal bracket, but I have no idea where it goes to. I've attached a picture of the stabilizer link and the unknown metal bracket.
Any clues of something I may be overlooking? I've tried recording the sound but the mic on my phone isn't sensitive enough to pick the sound up from the inside.