Why is my car creaking
How to Fix a Car that Creaks in the Back (Sway Bar Bushings)
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Rev up your engines!
It's time for the Scotty Kilmer Channel
if your car is creaking in the back while you drive down the road, then
today's your lucky day because I'm going to show you how to fix creaks in the
back of your car, now the first thing you want to do on a hot day like today is
turn a fan on so you don't sweat to death, then get a jack and jack the back up
and keep jacking until both wheels come off the ground, then the first thing to
check is the wheel, pull on it back and forth and see if it
has any play to see if the wheel bearing is worn-out, in this case there's
no play, so let's pull off the wheel and look inside, so I'll take it off and look
inside, then we'll pull on the exhaust system
well rattle it back and forth, well nothing's clunking there so that's okay
well now we'll get a little flashlight and we'll check all the rubber bushings
to see if any of them are cracked, and man there's a lot of bushings, there's one
here, down there, another one over here, and some more down here on the arm and
there's another bushing on the inside here, and then further up another one up
here, it can sure be a pain checking them all, but it's the only way you're going to
find what's creaking, you have to be patient, just keep looking around until you find
something wrong and here it is, a sway bar bushing that's come loose and needs
replacing, so we'll just unbolt it, and then take
it off to get another one, these little bushings often go bad they don't
cost much, you can replace them in sets if you want to be careful and here's a
trick to make the new bushing last longer, spray the inside and outside with
white lithium grease like this, spray both the inside and the outside with the
grease, then grab the bar and slip the bushing back on, push it in place and
then bolt its cover back on and make sure you get the bolts on nice
and snug, and of course just because you find a problem on this side, don't forget
the other side check it too, because if one sides worn odds are the other side
is too, so the next time your car is creaking in the back, just jack it up and
fix it yourself and remember if you've got any car questions just visit scotty
kilmer.com and I'll answer them as soon as I get back from this ride!
