[Silverado_2011]

It's been just under 1000 miles with the FTS 7-9" installed and now my FTS adjustable struts have became rather squeaky, notice these are not the bilstein struts. It started off a tiny squeak on the driver side that happened on bumps but now it's bad on the driver side and just starting on the passenger side, it's a constant squeak while I'm driving until I break, I'm assuming it's the struts as that's where it sounds like it's coming from and when I get in/out it squeaks

I'm not sure but it maybe this yellow thing? It was on stock struts so was removed and put onto FTS struts

Also I have a video but that's not really gonna help I don't believe but if anyone cares to see it I can upload it

 

[Grappler4x4]

Ck strut bushings

 

[l PATRICK l]

yep, the bushings

 

[Silverado_2011]

Alright when you say strut bushings is that just the yellow peice, because I can't see how that's going to ever not squeak maybe just run without? And it sure seems like it's coming from that yellow peice

 

[l PATRICK l]

Alright when you say strut bushings is that just the yellow peice, because I can't see how that's going to ever not squeak maybe just run without? And it sure seems like it's coming from that yellow peice

that yellow piece you need, it's not the bushing, but a stopper.

The bushing is used to mount up strut/shock.

 

[Silverado_2011]

that yellow piece you need, it's not the bushing, but a stopper.



The bushing is used to mount up strut/shock.

Weird I don't remember taking off anything else off the strut assembly or adding it,

All that was removed was the coil spring, the seat the coil spring sits on and the dust boot which I took off and forgot to put back on.

Do you by any chance have a picture of where it goes or what it looks like

Looking more and more at it I'm guessing it's on the upper strut mount? So guessing I gotta take the entire strut out again jeez that was a pain to get the strut rod positioned right maybe I'll need a pair of spring compressors

 

[Silverado_2011]

Definitely narrowed it down to being somewhere on or in the upper mount plate what's the best way at going about replacing these

 

[onebad03]

You can get them off of rockauto. I had to replace the ones on my wife's Yukon we had and that's were I got them.

 

[Silverado_2011]

You can get them off of rockauto. I had to replace the ones on my wife's Yukon we had and that's were I got them.

Whole strut have to come apart or just the top mounting plate out? Temp fixed it with some carb cleaner only lube I had handy in the truck

 

[Bumpers]

Whole strut have to come apart or just the top mounting plate out? Temp fixed it with some carb cleaner only lube I had handy in the truck

Carb cleaner isnt really goin to be a lubricant.. you do have to disassemble the strut to get the top plate off .. is it the plate or the rubber spring seat squeaking ?

 

[Silverado_2011]

Carb cleaner isnt really goin to be a lubricant.. you do have to disassemble the strut to get the top plate off .. is it the plate or the rubber spring seat squeaking ?

Guessing the spring seat, and I know it's not a lubricant but it's the only liquid spray I had while out of town, thinking I might swap both the plate and seat