wierd squeak when turning wheel?

DC_T · Post by **DC_T** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:18 am

A friend of mine has a bone stock super clean 2000 honda civic si. Yesterday he noticed a wierd squeak sound coming from the front end when he turns his steering wheel. He stopped by tonight and I was listening to it and I can't figure out what it is. If his car is in park and turns his steering wheel left or right, there is a squeak sound coming from, what sounds like the drivers side front wheel area. It almost sounds like the tires squeaking against the concrete, but we already checked that and thats not it. Also, it only squeaks when the car is parked, or moving slowly. Over like 10 mph it no longer squeaks. He hasn't done anything to the car recently except change the oil about a week ago, and like i said its bone stock. All we've done so far is park the car in the grass and turn the wheels (haha to check the concrete tire squeak theory), checked the power steering fluid and topped it off, checked the p/s belt and it is not loose. Anybody have any other ideas?

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:28 am

Sounds like the power steering pump is going bad.

DC_T · Post by **DC_T** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:34 am

JustRob;154512 wrote:Sounds like the power steering pump is going bad.

hmm ok, i guess we could pull the belt off and see what happens then when we turn the wheels then.

thanks.

any other ideas? anybody else had anything like this happen w/ them?

Post by **stolle** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:34 am

my crx had done that before, turned out to be an upper ball joint, is it lowered?

DC_T · Post by **DC_T** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:38 am

stolle;154516 wrote:my crx had done that before, turned out to be an upper ball joint, is it lowered?

nope, bone stock. never been modified in any way.

Post by **stolle** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:48 am

DC_T;154518 wrote:nope, bone stock. never been modified in any way.

i would check the squeak with weight off the front end that would rule out any suspension parts it may even by the actual steering rack they do have bushings that go bad...

DC_T · Post by **DC_T** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:51 am

stolle;154521 wrote:i would check the squeak with weight off the front end that would rule out any suspension parts it may even by the actual steering rack they do have bushings that go bad...

ok, good idea. not tonight though, haha, its freakin freezing outside and my hatch is in my garage. but yeah, i'll try that too. thanks.

Xaositek · Post by **Xaositek** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:39 pm

On my CRX and del Sol I had issues with the CV Joints squeaking... is that the same as the upper ball joint? (Sorry I don't know much when it comes to the inner-workings there)

93civicoupe · Post by **93civicoupe** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:09 am

had kind of the same problem as you and it turned out to be a wheel bearing

fry · Post by **fry** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:07 pm

was it the tie rod?