I can hear it when turning at low speeds and also when going straight when the truck hits small bumps in the road. Its like the squeek you hear in an old bed when....well you know. Except its a lot slower Its almost like a creak if you turn the wheel really slow at standstill? Any help would be appreciated.

 

Shocks or ball joints most likely. How long has it been since either one has been replaced?

 

I know exactly what you are talking about my 02 4x4 does the same thing but it only seems to do that when the weather is changing so ive never been able to pin point it. I'd really like to know what is squeaking its kind of annoying

 

Again most likely shocks or ball joints. When there's water in the air outside it just makes it more noticeable, granted you'll never be able to completely get rid of it, but changing worn parts like those definitely helps.

 

My shocks arent even a month old so i think I can rule that out. so Ball joints?

 

Yeah I thought maybe shocks but then it did it when the wheel turns too so thought maybe something else. I don't want to start changing parts unless they actually need it. How do you diagnose balljoints?

 

A) If they're over about 60k they're probably on they're way out especially if you ever offroad the truck.

B) Look at them and check to see if the boots are ripped or you can see signs of serious wear.

C) Jack the truck up, support by the lower control arm, and grab the tire and try to wiggle it. I think the tolerance is like .008th of an inch or maybe even less than that so if you can move the tire they're probably bad. Your supposed to grab the tire in a certain position to determine if its the ball joints but I can't recall it off the top of my head though.

On a side note, it could still be shocks as they do move when you turn the wheel, it unloads the suspension from one side to another, that's why if you cut the wheel all the way to one side and you look at the truck you'll notice one side is higher than the other.

However there is a few other things than can cause squeaking, one thing that can also do is the bushings on the control arms if they're worn out. You can try applying grease to them to try to rule those out. And if I had to guess worn tie rods could probably do it too, however if you don't have any sloppy steering its most likely not those.