2002 Honda Civic Front end creak

NEILS2002CIVIC

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2002 HONDA CIVIC
79,000 MILES

Hi I have a creaking noise in my 2002 honda civic front end. Could it be the ball joints?The noise is intermittent I'm having a hard time finding it. It happens after being driven for a while. I was a mechanic for many years and have been out of the loop for a while. I remember older hondas had ball joint problems/creaked and broke. Are they a common problem on this year civic?I jacked the car up and everything looks good. Please help me. Thanks Neil

Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 AT 3:23 PM

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JACOBANDNICKOLAS

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Neil:

The ones that are built today are much better than the old ones. That is a good thing. As far as your problem, does it do it when you hit bumps, turn? My first guess is the sway bar bushings.

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Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 AT 3:51 PM

NEILS2002CIVIC

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Hi Jacob thanks for the quick response. I've had the car on a lift everything looks good. Are the sway bar bushings a common problem? Are there any common front end creaking problems with these year Civics? I've work on cars a long time and I'm baffled the car feels like a new car on the road. Thanks Neil

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Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 AT 4:56 PM

JACOBANDNICKOLAS

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Neil:

The only creaks that I have seen have been from dry sway bar bushings. Try spraying things with WD40 to see if the noise goes away. As far as the ball joints, yes they could make noise. However, you mentioned that you checked them.

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Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 AT 7:05 PM

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