What could this noise be?
I had my wheels changed out and the shop raised the vehicle with 3 floor jacks. 2 in the front on each side, and 1 in the back somewhere in the middle. When the mechanic lowered the vehicle he did it all at once and the suspension pancaked pretty much. So now I noticed I have a creaking sound whenever I pull off from a start and when turning at low speeds, as well as when the vehicle goes in dips in the road.etc From what I can tell the creaking noise seems to be coming from the front, and the back suspension. However the noise might be resonating not sure. I just replaced both front top control arms/ball joints also. Remember this noise wasn't present beforehand. The drier side control arm came with new bushings already installed, however the way the front end is made the passenger side control arm didn't come with new bushings. I was thinking they damaged the control arm bushings somehow when it was let down. Thanks in advance!
VEHICLE: 2000 Ford Explorer 5.0 AWD
When the mechanic lowered the vehicle he did it all at once and the suspension pancaked pretty much.
If that is true, you SHOULD have addressed the issue ON THE SPOT.
Why aren't you asking this question to the shop that racked up your car?
That's what you get when you get new tires on a car at a place that is not an expect in changing tires.
Oh wait… You aren't stupid enough to do this.
So really do you think of the thousands of tires they change a year that they would do something to damage your car?
Maybe they f1cked up your strucks.
They messed up something of yours. You mess up something of there's. Old testament.
Just drive for a while to get the suspension to settle.
What mechanic uses three floor jacks instead of a lifter? Sounds like you went to the cheapest "mechanic" and got a real hack job. If your suspension "pancaked" like you mention, then your struts and/or shocks are probably gone. This is especially true if they've got more than 80,000 miles on them.
Since you changed the control arms and bushings, you may need to have your front end alignment checked and/or adjusted.
I'd take the vehicle to another shop and get it evaluated. There's too many variable and unanswered questions not mentioned in your question to really know the exact problem.
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