I have a 90 toyota 4x4. 33"s and 3 in body lift. rest stock. there is a horrible squeek that is coming from the front end drivers side. it almost saounds like its under the dash. it olny squeeks when i am moving from about 15 mph and up. it sound like a bird cherping. haha. it getts louder and faster with speed and slws down when i decelerate. dosent change when i put on the brakes at all either. it has me baffeled. also some days ill drive it and it dosent even make the noise and then out of nowhere it starts again. gets really old being that i dont have a cd paler. lol any help is appritated.
thanks

 

About 4weeks ago I picked up a 95 4runner for my daughter, it too made a noise like you describe. So I did some searching!!! and found the answer. Speedo cable needs to be lubed.

 

have you checked the brake pads.

 

For the sake of ruling it out, you might wanna check the sway bar end-link. The rubber bushings wear away and it causes them to squeak like crazy.

 

check your powerstering belts, and other belts for that matter.

 

if the sqeek is going along with your speed it's most likely the speedo cable, take apart the guage cluster and lube it, it will go away after the lube works in.

 

Yeah the speedo cable did the same thing to me , chirp chirp till I oiled it and suffocated the tweety bird in the cable .

 

check the tightness of the bumper, mine is having the exact same noise, but mine as caused by really big potholes.

 

I had the exact same thing you described, except mine was in third gear between about 30 - 35mph. Horrible squeak! Sounded like it was coming from the front end, towards the front of the transmission (so not as far forward as yours) and it turned out to be a u-joint.

 

alright. i will rip apart the gauage cluter. any pics of what i need to lube. that would make scence to me. its not a belt for shure. fuled that out. it is not affected by throttel. just speed. its a pretty loud cherp that seriously sounds like a bird. haha. what lube should i use>? i have some calbe lube for a dirt bike. i am guessing that will work. do i need a cable luber that i clamp on? or jsut spay the d**m thing?

 

Don't do it. Yours doesn't have a cable. It's electric. I think they changed those over in 1992. It's something else. If it only does it when you are moving, then that also rules out a bunch of stuff. I'd check your brakes, and if that's not it, I'd check them again. Maybe a wheel bearing, also.

 

ok, wait. so they changed from cable to electirc in 94 or the other way around. mine is a '90

 

Ooops. For some reason I thought you had a 1995. My bad... They changed from cable in 1992, I think. I'd still check your brakes, though.

 

if it were the brakes wouldent the sound change when i pressed down on the brake petal? the noise is very consistant

 

i doubt it would be the brakes unless it pulls hard to one side when you brake.

 

if its a sas id check your leafs... i need new leafs, mine squeak and moan like crazy.

 

No. It might actually go away when you put on the brakes, and if they are evenly worn on both sides(which is common), then they won't pull to one side. Also, check your rotors, too.