What would make left front wheel chirp or squeal ?

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I noticed that when I am cornering to the left every once in a while I will get a chirp or depending on my speed a squeal from my left front tire.... Not sure what's causing it, any thoughts ?

 

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Slow down?

 

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Speed.


Also check your air pressure, if that is ok, and you slowed down and you still get it, check your alignment, could be running off the outside edge of the tire.

 

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67coupe351w said:

Slow down?

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LOL....ok Rodney Dangerfield, I will add that the speed I was going at the time wasn't excessive at all. That's what has me posting the question. I could understand if I was going fast but nothing unreasonable.

 

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Everything aligned okay? How tight are you turning?

 

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66newbie said:

I noticed that when I am cornering to the left every once in a while I will get a chirp or depending on my speed a squeal from my left front tire.... Not sure what's causing it, any thoughts ?

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turning too fast and losing traction

 

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Check your alignment Mine was doing this too, it drove basicly straight, but looking at the left tire from the front of the car it looked like this / lol, not THAT bad but ya get the picture

 

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Another for alignment.........Checking tire pressure is a good place to start though..

Mike

 

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dsg_gt2004 you have the BEST icon in your profile that I have ever seen on this site... Somebody has an animation one that's pretty damn good as well. That cartoon is....shall we say....blessed.

I will have the alignment checked, it does drive pretty straight. So that's why I never suspected it to be the alignment. I will check the pressure first and then go from there.

 

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Let us know if it was off man

 

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66newbie said:

LOL....ok Rodney Dangerfield, I will add that the speed I was going at the time wasn't excessive at all. That's what has me posting the question. I could understand if I was going fast but nothing unreasonable.

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lol im glad you took it as a joke.

I was wondering, wouldnt a bad alignment cause more of a scuffing sound than a squeal? I guess it would depend on speed.

 

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67coupe351w said:

lol im glad you took it as a joke.

I was wondering, wouldnt a bad alignment cause more of a scuffing sound than a squeal? I guess it would depend on speed.

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Put it this way....it sounds faster than I am really good....And it only does it to the left...

 

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mustangman70 said:

Let us know if it was off man

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Remember I am a newbie so don't shoot me for asking this question.
I have the Granada brake swap underneath AND Granada rear end, when I go to the alignment shop to I get them to use the Granada specs or 66 Mustang specs.

 

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66newbie said:

Remember I am a newbie so don't shoot me for asking this question.
I have the Granada brake swap underneath AND Granada rear end, when I go to the alignment shop to I get them to use the Granada specs or 66 Mustang specs.

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66 Mustang specs, but I would imagine the Granada specs are close. Be warned that some places that do "computer" alignments don't have specs for older cars in their machines.

 

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check the inside bulge of that tire/wheel and make sure its not rubbing on anything at full turn. tie rod end , upper arm etc...

 

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grego37 said:

check the inside bulge of that tire/wheel and make sure its not rubbing on anything at full turn. tie rod end , upper arm etc...

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That's also a good idea.... I will check that over the weekend. If that's it, it might be a nice excuse to go to 17" wheels. From the research I have done it seems like the 17s are an easier fit than the 16 because of the fitment.

 

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it might be a good idea to bounce front end or sit on fender when checking for clearance at full turn to simulate a dip/gutter in the road while turning.

 

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Could the "chirp" possibly be the tire stopping brieifly during the turn as it binds on a suspension item?

 

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geostang351 said:

Could the "chirp" possibly be the tire stopping brieifly during the turn as it binds on a suspension item?

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I don't think that would be it, but I could be wrong. It will be this weekend before I can really investigate it thoroughly. I have 15x7 wheels on there and the tires aren't that wide 205s. That's a pretty common tire setup. Note that I will also get a squeal when I go around a sharp curve to the left and I am not going abnormally fast. I would think if it were binding, I'd feel it in the steering or the ride.

 

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I get the same sort of squeel with my 66 Mustang. Its annoying as it sounds like I am going faster than say 5 - 10 MPH around a rounda bout or corner. I would be interested to find out what has caused yours. I have checked my airpressure and had an alighnment done to no avail. Its probably my cheese cutters that I have on.