I've done my own brakes for a long time now, but I've noticed that on all my cars, the longer I've owned them they've all made the same weird chirping noise while driving. It's hard to describe, but it sounds like a squeek that's associated with the turning of the front wheels. It's nothing really loud, and my car seems to handle just fine, but I was wondering if maybe I need to grease the bearings.
That's where my question comes in. Do you think greasing the bearings would help that chirping noise, and if so, how do I go about greasing the bearings? I've never done that before.
Thanks
BTW, it's a 2001 Chevy Cavalier two door.
The strut bearing is not easily greased. It usually doesn't need it but every 100Kmi. Any time the struts are done you should have them clean and grease the bearings.
Well, i tried to add grease but I had some problems.
Here's the grease gun I bought, put grease in it.
This is the fitting on the end of it.
And this is the problem I'm having, When I put the fitting over that grease nipple and try to add grease, it just spills out around it. Nothing seems to be getting in there. I've even put quite a bit of pressure on the end of the nozzle but that didnt really help. After I tried all that, I looked at it and it still looks empty.
Am i missing something?
the fitting is bad, cant recall the size, but you can get them at like autozone, i wanna they are 3/8, but cant remember.
I think it's 6mm IIRC, but I could be wrong. Take the old one out, bring it in to compare.
Well, i finally got it to work, but when I put grease in, it just oozes out of the seam between the rubber and metal. The rubber itself doesnt seem to be torn, it just doesnt seem to want to hold a lot of grease. Is that normal? I don't think I pumped too much in because the rubber boot was still fairly deflated when it started oozing.
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