Dan, thank you so very much. We just replaced the rear bushings on a friends car and it solved the noise completely! The mechanic said it needed new struts, $750… we bought bushings for 10 bucks on Amazon and it only took 15 minutes to change them out!
Oh my God I've been looking for this i have a 04 avalon xls and ne noise is driving me nuts I've change struts thinking it would help thank you a lot my friend
I"m hoping this is a similar issue for a 2007. There's some clunking form the rear end that I think is like this. Is there a similar thing in the front, too?
Any other ideas? I also have a 2004 Avalon XLS and have noise in front and back, worse in the rear. I just had the struts replaced with coil overs, new brake, new tires, and alignment. I also replaced the sway bar bushings as you did here with same brand part and it didn't solve the noises. I also replaced the sway bar end links, very little difference. Nothing is rusted under my car. Everything is pretty clean. Took me only 30 minutes to replace both end links, including removing the wheels and using the OEM scissor jack. My noise is a scraping sound and does it driving slowly over a speed bump, the motion alone causing a scraping sound. It also does it if I push down on the rear of the vehicle. I crawled underneath and had someone push down on the car and it sounds like it's behind the srtuts and up high, but I don't see any suspension parts there. It's driving me crazy. Also, if I hit a bump or pot hole at over parking speeds, it is very loud and jolting, as if I have no shocks at all.
@@sultom8175 I removed the crappy coil overs that were installed poorly by a local shop and replaced them myself with OEM Toyota struts. The top plate of the old ones had obvious gouges where they had been rubbing against the chassis.
Wow, thank you very much for this video. I was just about to replace struts and springs since I figured the springs were making the noise and the struts were bad enough to let compress the springs enough to make the creaking sound. One thing though, I am guessing this would best be done with the vehicle on the ground sitting on the wheels and change one bushing at a time if the alignment is having no issues. Would that be your thinking too? I am so happy I found your video before replacing all of my struts and springs. Thank you for sharing this video and cheers.
No worries, glad you liked the video. I don’t think it would mess with your alignment at all, but how you described doing it sounds good. Best of luck to you! Hope this is the cause of the noise you are looking for. -Dan the Fix it Man
I changed mine and now you hear a rough sound when I hit bumps. I picture the rubber making that sound as the bar twists with bumps. Not sure if I should spray some oil on em to stop that sound when I hit bumps.
I'm working on an 04 Avalon with only 85,000 miles and was wondering why someone put two hose clamps one on either side of the away bar, I guess instead of doing it the right way they decided this was a good enough fix. There is a banging in the rear when going over holes or bumps, the struts were shot anyway, the rear bounced a lot and the car was all over the road when on the highway, the fronts were replaced already, the rear were original with the new ones there was definitely a change in stability and the banging although a bit better was still there, this particular spent it's life near the Jersey shore and even though they don't generally get a lot snow near the coast they still salt the roads, consequently the underside of the rear is extremely rusted out, huge chunks of rust can be pulled off with your bare hands, I'm going to to attempt to change the sway bar bushings I just hope the whole thing doesn't fall apart because of the heavy rusting, if worse comes to worse I'll have to recccomend a new used subframe, the one on the car you're working on must be from the south, I've looked on eBay and there are a couple there in good shape. It's a shame because this is a low mileage car in overall good condition the body is straight, the aluminum wheels are also severely corroded and peeling, it belonged to my friends father-in-law which explains the low miles.
Wow, Yes, that is unfortunate about the rust, especially with that low mileage car. I am in Southern California... not too much rust on vehicles here. Best of luck to you! -Dan the Fix it Man
I was sceptical but the new bushings fixed the banging, unbelievable, the amount of rust though is the real issue, all the other bushings do need replacing, I was told to do whatever it needs, the engine is perfect and runs smooth. I don't know how long the car sat unused but I did notice oil under the engine, I had my share of fixing several oil leaks on a 2003 BMW 530i, that car sat for approximately five years and as with all older BMWs they leak copious amounts of oil, I might just recccomend driving it for a while and see how it goes. Funny the Avalon was my friends father-in-laws car, my friends father had a 2003 Camry which I'll be working on next, that will be more involved because either the timing belt or chain must have broke, it's the 2.4, I don't know which it has and if it's an interference engine or not, I'm not a Toyota guy or a foreign car guy in general but I will work on them, the Camry cranks but you can hear that nothing is moving in the top end, after I finish the Avalon then I'll be working on that, I'm really hoping it can be fixed, I was under the impression that Toyota's are bullet proof, my 2001 lesabre has 322,000 miles and never had any of these problems, his sisters 2015 accord with only 75k on it and the trans went, another car that's supposed to be bullet proof, turns out it's a CVT, what's worse is the supply chain issue is still a problem so they're waiting on parts, I don't know why they just didn't throw a reman in and be done with it, maybe they can't even get one who knows since they're obviously junk, I'll keep my old reliable Buick as long as I can.
@@Peter-pv8xx Glad to hear the bushings worked on the avalon. That Camry is not an interference engine. You can remove the top timing cover pretty easily and peek inside to see if the belt is broken. It’s not a very big job, I have done a few of them. Best of luck to you! Happy wrenching. -Dan the Fix it Man
Is it safe to do this without the rear end jacked off the ground? Could I do this safely just driving the car up on ramps? Or does the suspension need to have the tension released by lifting it off the ground? Thank you.
I am not 100% sure about that, but I think it would be ok. Just make sure it is stable before attempting to remove the bushings. You will feel if there is any tension before completely removing the bolts if there will be a problem. Best of luck to you! -Dan the Fix it Man
Dan, thank you so very much. We just replaced the rear bushings on a friends car and it solved the noise completely! The mechanic said it needed new struts, $750… we bought bushings for 10 bucks on Amazon and it only took 15 minutes to change them out!
I have an 03 Avalon and I was going @#$%ing nuts trying to figure it out. You are a life a saver.
Awesome easy fix and guess what the squeak is gone!
Oh my God I've been looking for this i have a 04 avalon xls and ne noise is driving me nuts I've change struts thinking it would help thank you a lot my friend
One question that moog bushing is for 17mm that's the exact fit cause I've seem other measurements and i want to get the one i need
This is great! Is torque spec the amount to resistance a bolt gives you?
I"m hoping this is a similar issue for a 2007. There's some clunking form the rear end that I think is like this. Is there a similar thing in the front, too?
This is what I'm going to work on today, 2000 Avalon, went with Energy Suspension brand.
Any other ideas? I also have a 2004 Avalon XLS and have noise in front and back, worse in the rear. I just had the struts replaced with coil overs, new brake, new tires, and alignment. I also replaced the sway bar bushings as you did here with same brand part and it didn't solve the noises. I also replaced the sway bar end links, very little difference. Nothing is rusted under my car. Everything is pretty clean. Took me only 30 minutes to replace both end links, including removing the wheels and using the OEM scissor jack.
My noise is a scraping sound and does it driving slowly over a speed bump, the motion alone causing a scraping sound. It also does it if I push down on the rear of the vehicle. I crawled underneath and had someone push down on the car and it sounds like it's behind the srtuts and up high, but I don't see any suspension parts there. It's driving me crazy.
Also, if I hit a bump or pot hole at over parking speeds, it is very loud and jolting, as if I have no shocks at all.
What coilovers are you running?
Was it the brake dust cover scraping?
How did you fix the problem ?
@@sultom8175 I removed the crappy coil overs that were installed poorly by a local shop and replaced them myself with OEM Toyota struts.
The top plate of the old ones had obvious gouges where they had been rubbing against the chassis.
Thank you man
Thank you!
Wow, thank you very much for this video. I was just about to replace struts and springs since I figured the springs were making the noise and the struts were bad enough to let compress the springs enough to make the creaking sound. One thing though, I am guessing this would best be done with the vehicle on the ground sitting on the wheels and change one bushing at a time if the alignment is having no issues. Would that be your thinking too? I am so happy I found your video before replacing all of my struts and springs. Thank you for sharing this video and cheers.
No worries, glad you liked the video. I don’t think it would mess with your alignment at all, but how you described doing it sounds good.
Best of luck to you! Hope this is the cause of the noise you are looking for.
-Dan the Fix it Man
I changed mine and now you hear a rough sound when I hit bumps. I picture the rubber making that sound as the bar twists with bumps. Not sure if I should spray some oil on em to stop that sound when I hit bumps.
The end links are bad too.
Do the 3rd gen Toyota Avalon have the same bushings? I believe I have the same issue on my 2008 Avalon.
Looks like it is the same setup on the 3rd gen Avalons as well. Best of luck to you and thanks for watching!
-Dan the Fix it Man
I'm working on an 04 Avalon with only 85,000 miles and was wondering why someone put two hose clamps one on either side of the away bar, I guess instead of doing it the right way they decided this was a good enough fix. There is a banging in the rear when going over holes or bumps, the struts were shot anyway, the rear bounced a lot and the car was all over the road when on the highway, the fronts were replaced already, the rear were original with the new ones there was definitely a change in stability and the banging although a bit better was still there, this particular spent it's life near the Jersey shore and even though they don't generally get a lot snow near the coast they still salt the roads, consequently the underside of the rear is extremely rusted out, huge chunks of rust can be pulled off with your bare hands, I'm going to to attempt to change the sway bar bushings I just hope the whole thing doesn't fall apart because of the heavy rusting, if worse comes to worse I'll have to recccomend a new used subframe, the one on the car you're working on must be from the south, I've looked on eBay and there are a couple there in good shape. It's a shame because this is a low mileage car in overall good condition the body is straight, the aluminum wheels are also severely corroded and peeling, it belonged to my friends father-in-law which explains the low miles.
Wow, Yes, that is unfortunate about the rust, especially with that low mileage car.
I am in Southern California... not too much rust on vehicles here.
Best of luck to you!
-Dan the Fix it Man
I was sceptical but the new bushings fixed the banging, unbelievable, the amount of rust though is the real issue, all the other bushings do need replacing, I was told to do whatever it needs, the engine is perfect and runs smooth. I don't know how long the car sat unused but I did notice oil under the engine, I had my share of fixing several oil leaks on a 2003 BMW 530i, that car sat for approximately five years and as with all older BMWs they leak copious amounts of oil, I might just recccomend driving it for a while and see how it goes. Funny the Avalon was my friends father-in-laws car, my friends father had a 2003 Camry which I'll be working on next, that will be more involved because either the timing belt or chain must have broke, it's the 2.4, I don't know which it has and if it's an interference engine or not, I'm not a Toyota guy or a foreign car guy in general but I will work on them, the Camry cranks but you can hear that nothing is moving in the top end, after I finish the Avalon then I'll be working on that, I'm really hoping it can be fixed, I was under the impression that Toyota's are bullet proof, my 2001 lesabre has 322,000 miles and never had any of these problems, his sisters 2015 accord with only 75k on it and the trans went, another car that's supposed to be bullet proof, turns out it's a CVT, what's worse is the supply chain issue is still a problem so they're waiting on parts, I don't know why they just didn't throw a reman in and be done with it, maybe they can't even get one who knows since they're obviously junk, I'll keep my old reliable Buick as long as I can.
@@Peter-pv8xx Glad to hear the bushings worked on the avalon. That Camry is not an interference engine. You can remove the top timing cover pretty easily and peek inside to see if the belt is broken. It’s not a very big job, I have done a few of them.
Best of luck to you! Happy wrenching.
-Dan the Fix it Man
Dan the man, do you think I should use thread locker on the bolts? Or just torquing to specs should be enough?
I don’t think that’s a bad idea, but I didn’t use it and it’s still holding up fine.
@@DantheFixitMan ok thanks for responding! How’s the Avalon holding up? How many miles does it have?
@@Sci-Mon1 my daughter still drives it, it’s still running great. It has over 300,000 miles now.
No need. It'll rust weld anyway lol
Is it safe to do this without the rear end jacked off the ground? Could I do this safely just driving the car up on ramps? Or does the suspension need to have the tension released by lifting it off the ground? Thank you.
I am not 100% sure about that, but I think it would be ok. Just make sure it is stable before attempting to remove the bushings. You will feel if there is any tension before completely removing the bolts if there will be a problem.
Best of luck to you!
-Dan the Fix it Man
great. thanks.
do the end links or sway bar links make the same noise if they worn out?
It's more like a click or clunk noise
@@uselink5-75 thank you.
I have same noise on a 2004 Toyota Camry. Do you know if the Camry is the same?
Yes
I put same bushings on mine year half ago they're now hard as a rock and rattle like crazy,even put a dab of syl glide on them
The front ones are unfortunately way harder to change out
yep, my 2005 is due for them.