Chirping Noise

[7dustrox]

So I'm driving today and I notice a chirping noise that sounds likes it's coming from underneath the car or on the passenger side. The sound is similar to the sound a worn out throwout bearing makes on a manual transmission. I can't hear it when I'm crusing, only when I start to give a pretty good amount of gas. The chirping gets faster with acceleration. I put it in park and reved, and it doesn't seem to make the noise, but I think I heard it when I put it in neutral and reved. Anyone have any clue of what it might be? Thanks

 

[Scuba-Matt]

sounds like you have a bad U joint on your drive shaft

 

[7dustrox]

Any visible signs I should look for. I have a driveshaft shop near my house. Should I take it up there and have them take a look at it?

 

[lightninmike]

unless you want to learn how to polevault
it would be worth it for peace of mind

 

[Tazman1]

check your smog pump. Every now and then mine will start to chirp and then it goes away when it warms up. It's more noticable when it gets colder out.

 

[7dustrox]

I'll check the pump and see if it's the culprit. I'll have to wait until next week to have that shop check the u-joint since I have to work tomorrow. Thanks guys. Any other input is welcome.

 

[nastynivek]

sounds like you have a bad U joint on your drive shaft

+1. I had a bad u-joint on a vehicle the I used to own give the same symptoms that you describe. You definitely don't want to pole vault your ride.

 

[unclesams_svt]

You can check your u joints by grabbing your drive shaft and moving it back and forth and look for any movment in the u joints, also look and see if they look worn. If there is, changing them out is really easy and cheap. Not worth paying someone to do it.

 

[SVT99RED]

My truck made the same chirping/squeaking and it was comming from the heat shield the screws were missing so it was rubbing on the exhaust under about half throttle or bumps in the road...

 

[7dustrox]

I'll get under it and check tomorrow. I've done a driveshaft on a mustang, just never changed the u-joints.

SVT99RED- Is the heat shield right above the headers? I'm new to these trucks, so I don't know jack about 'em.

Thanks guys.

 

[SVT99RED]

yeah its above my long tubes/cats... crawl under and they are under the center of the cab...

 

[dakano]

i had a chirping noise from a bad collector gasket