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Re: Squeaky Front End

To: "Mike Chmura" <m.chmura@umassp.edu>
Subject: Re: Squeaky Front End
From: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 11:42:59 -0400
No oil on rubber!!!

Squirt some slightly soapy water on one joint at a time until the noise goes 
away.
Then you will know the source of the problem.  Don't forget the sway bar 
bushings.

BTW, the inner lower A-arm bushings tend to disintegrate after 8-10 years of
just sitting around.  Check them carefully, and compare them to the upper A-arm 
bushings.

Replacing them is a time-honored ritual initiation into the Spitfire mechanic's 
guild :-)

Doug Braun
'72 Spit


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