I was hearing a light clunking and squeaking sound coming from the front end so I decided to check a few things and I found that both sway bar links had play in them. I ended up replacing them with some OEMs and the light clunking is gone but the squeak is still there and I have no idea what it could be. I am certain it is coming from the front end because I hear it when turning the steering wheel, even when the car is stationary. In the past I had a similar problem with another vehicle giving a much louder squeak and it ended up being the ball joint so at this time I am leaning towards it being that but is there any chance it could be the rack and pinion?
One suggestion that I found on hear was to spray the sway bar bushings with silicon spray and see if the noise goes away and it didn't, but its also very difficult to reach them without jacking up the car so I wasn't able to spray both sides of them. I recall when I replaced the sway bar links I checked the sway bar bushing and found no play so I am pretty sure its not that, I also checked the ball joints, outer tie rods, and CV joints and found nothing then. Lastly, I also couldn't reproduce the squeak when I had the vehicle on jack stands, It only does it when the suspension is loaded.
One suggestion that I found on hear was to spray the sway bar bushings with silicon spray and see if the noise goes away and it didn't, but its also very difficult to reach them without jacking up the car so I wasn't able to spray both sides of them. I recall when I replaced the sway bar links I checked the sway bar bushing and found no play so I am pretty sure its not that, I also checked the ball joints, outer tie rods, and CV joints and found nothing then. Lastly, I also couldn't reproduce the squeak when I had the vehicle on jack stands, It only does it when the suspension is loaded.
