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    Established Member Two Rings
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    Motor mount bracket

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    Figured I throw this out there to see if anyone has come across this. I have this squeak on the front left side of the car. Here is what I’ve changed out so far. I have replaced the control arms , upper and lower , end links , sway bar bushings.
    The issue comes when I’m at a stand still or slow speed with the suspension under load. I loosened up the sway bar bushings and the squeak stops. Tighten it back up and the noise returns . I’m pinpointing the noise to the subframe bracket. This seems to be where I’m hearing this noise. I loosened the motor mount nut and that didn’t have any effect. The end links aren’t making any noise either . Has anyone ever had an issue with the subframe bracket ?

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    Registered User Four Rings Hugh@EuropaParts's Avatar
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    Have you lubed the bushings?

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    Established Member Two Rings
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    I know for sure the end links, sway bar bushings , forward rear control arm , front and rear sub frame bushing I can say with 100% certainty yes. I didn’t install the lower control arm. However the noise was there before the lower control arm was replaced. I can always go back and double check that.
    It’s a head scratcher, once the motor mount bracket is tightened down all the creaking starts at the lower front. I don’t recall there being any rubber washer between the subframe bracket. The motor mounts are new , solid 034 rubber mounts, I loosened the nut on that and the noise is still there.

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    Established Member Two Rings
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    I figured it out, the motor mount bracket was on top of the subframe alignment hole , instead of underneath it. Once that was corrected, the noise was gone . The passenger side was in correctly thus no noise . The driver side was my error when installing the new motor mount.

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