New to doing car work and wanted to get some help with learning about what my car has wrong with it and how i might be able to fix it.

1989 Accord LX 4DR

It has a really noticeable squeeking coming from the left rear tire area and i had a buddy look at it, he claims it has something to do the suspension and that i should use a grease gun to help it out.....thought the part he pointed to in the wheel well was not the struts or shocks.

Can anyone suggest anything?

 

Well, we could use a better description of what he pointed to. Maybe a picture?


Or maybe it's something on this picture?


If he just said to grease it, that sounds like a suspension bushing or maybe the anti-roll-bar bushings?

 

He pointed to the joint where object #21 is.....not good with the lingo forgive me though im not sure thats the correct location seems too small, but the area is correct (rear drivers side)

 

Now that i got up under the car and looked more it sounded like it might have been coming from the #22 part area, as according to Jim Blakes first picture

 

#22 in the top picture is just an O-ring behind the wheel bearing - I doubt that's it.

It would be a good idea for someone to bounce the car while you get down there & listen firsthand. Hearing it for yourself is better than trying to remember where "he pointed". Also remember everything's reversed because this is a picture of the right-rear.

#21 in the top picture it a nut for the balljoint of the upper arm (#13). The balljoint should have a rubber boot with grease inside. It shouldn't be loose so you can check for looseness first. Any cuts or tears in the rubber boot? If so, get a new upper arm (#13) because I don't think you can get the balljoint by itself.

If you remove the cotter-pin & nut, then push out the tapered stud; you can check the ball & socket action of that joint. Should be smooth pivoting action without any squeaking noises.

#21/22 in the lower picture is the trailing arm. The end of that (to the right in the picture) is where it bolts to the structure of the car. Maybe work some grease into that area? But I think #23 is a rubber bushing that just flexes - it doesn't rotate like a bearing or balljoint. If THAT's making the noise you probably have to get a new bushing #23.

Good luck loosening any of those bolts on a 21-year-old car.

 

From my personal experience....#13, the bushing at the upper part, where the #17 bolt is, would be your issue or my first guess-I was already thinking that after reading just your first post. You should be able to put your hand on that or close to it and have someone push down on the car, not so much that you hand is in danger, and feel your issue....now if that is where the noise is I can offer a few suggestions that have worked on my 3rd gens...not all worked, I've only replaced one so far but made the others stop.