Where to grease for squeeky front suspension?

Not sure if this is a common problem or not but my left front suspension squeeks when I'm driving & it's annoying the heck outta me!:crying:
I took the tire off and realized it's not a coil-over but a (I think) double wishbone. So there's no spring. I definitely don't want to take apart the suspension but just grease the right spots to get rid of the squeeks. I greased most of the moving parts of the suspension with white lithium grease from a tube and all was fine for about 5 days. Now it's back again.

Anyone know what I can do to stop the squeeks for like over a year. It makes it sound like a 20 yr old truck but it's a 98 s10. Yeah, I know, it's still old. But it still runs & looks good. Please help so I don't have to feel embarrased when people look at me when I turn the corner. Not the kind of attraction getter I want.

Thanks.

My squeak was the passenger side lower ball joint. With no grease fitting, I managed to get some grease on the squeak by using a hypodermic needle loaded with grease and injecting through the seal at the top of the ball joint.

Try taking a look at the upper and lower control arm bushings. I had a squeak that was on my "96" that just drove me crazy looking for. I shoot some silicon lube on them and then it was peace and quite. It lasted about 3 weeks and it started back again. So, I just replace the bushing and problem solved.

Thanks guys. I haven't tried any yet but will post my results once I get a chance for this project again. I hope soon. BTW, does the bushings need to be pressed out or does it just pop out without any special tools?

Thanks guys. I haven't tried any yet but will post my results once I get a chance for this project again. I hope soon. BTW, does the bushings need to be pressed out or does it just pop out without any special tools?
The lower Control Arm Bushings normally are pressed Off & On. I have used a Ball Pin Hammer and Cold Chisel to remove them and a over size socket that fits over the rubber part of the bushing to install them. It just take a lot of time hammering. There are special tools out there that run around $75 bucks, In fact I thinking about picking one up for myself. I just did the upper control arms on this new "96" I just picked up for my son. Good Luck and let us know how you make out.

Thanks Gabe25. Funny thing is the squeek just suddenly went away. I bet it'll come back in a few weeks.:screwy: I'm glad it went away for now to buy me some time. I need it.

Thanks guys. I haven't tried any yet but will post my results once I get a chance for this project again. I hope soon. BTW, does the bushings need to be pressed out or does it just pop out without any special tools?



You can get the bushings out without a press but it can be alot of effort. If you have compressed air, I got mine out with an air chisel and alot of patience. Put the c-arm in a good vice and wail away at it with the air chisel !

With the control arm in a vise, I hit the outside sleeve of the bushing with a chisel & hammer to collapse the sleeve to the inside then just knock the bushing straight out since the sleeve is no longer tight in the control arm.

If you get it squeaking again, you might get somebody to push up & down on the bumper while you put your hand on the control arms at the bushings, the shock bushings, the idle arm and the upper then lower ball joints.....feeling for the source of the noise vibrations...that's how I found my squeak at the lower ball joint.

Thanks drdd & Chris for the reply. That's very depressing when you said to put the control arm in a vice. But I guess it's better to be depressed now than later on if you were to lie to me. :frown:

But I did the human rule of thumb.Try the easiest first and see if that will solve it and go from there. So I greased the ball joints & I think it's called steering arm joints ( It's been a long time since my last mechanics class and I didn't get this far with it ). The ball joints had fittings for both up & low & outter part of the steering arm had fittings. The inner part steering arm(?) seems like it had a boot but is busted and has no grease fittings for it. Is this what you mean when you say no grease fittings? Why would they put on the boot which needs grease injected to it for maintenance but provide no way to do it? Since the boot is busted, I'm not sure if it were to have grease injected into it for maintenance since the top didn't have a nipple for it. I greased it with lithium grease anyway.

The squeek was starting to come back slowly before I greased it, but so far it's gone after I greased it. So let's see if that was the problem.