brus brother Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 (edited) as the title says... is it possible that "internal" bushings are squeaking. I don't have a lift but sprayed the siht out of the area with silicone but no relief. Can I access the top of the shock from inside the Outback? Any suggestions as the squeak is driving my wife (and follows to me) crazy! Edited July 31, 2016 by brus brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Sure it's the shock and not one of the other suspension bushings? Lots of parts back there that can squeak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Sure it's the shock and not one of the other suspension bushings? Lots of parts back there that can squeak. My same thought, more likely a squeaky/creaky bushing, not the strut. Had this very same happen on daughter's car. Replaced the control arm with built in bushings on the front of the car, fixed the problem. I think a rear control arm, or something else with bushings in the back is giving you trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauldoug Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I had to the same issue on my 2006 OB R. I got under the car while a second person pushed up and down on the rear of the car. Turned out to be the BUSHING-TRAILING LINK,REAR, as the part is called in the online catalog. The trick is getting the old bushing pressed out and the new one in. Getting the old one out wasn't hard (rented a tool for it at Autozone). I pressed in the new one with my vice. Not easy. Next time I'll put the bushing in the freezer first. Warning: the locking nuts on the bushing bolts were almost impossible to get off, even after plenty of PB Blaster. I had to cut into one of nuts to free it. The guy at the dealer parts dept. said the mechanics always put a torch to the nuts before attempting to remove them. So order some extras. This was a time-consuming (but cheap) repair. I'd change the corresponding bushing on each side of the car, even if its twin isn't sqeeking now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 checked again. silicone sprayed all bushings and it still appears to be coming from the top of the rear shock. Is there any easy way to access that mounting area for silicone spraying to at least verify the source. Are there any bushings internal to the shock that could squeak? never did shocks before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 You should be able to access it from behind the plastic panel inside the cargo area. Don't know specifics for that on that year, but usually there's an access panel of some kind that pops off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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