Miata Mailing List: January 1993, Message #179
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Subject: Squeaks
   Date: (none)

I just received my Miata club magazine yesterday.  In the letters section,
 P. Zavaletta describes an intermittent squeaking coming from the front
 end while going over bumps at speed, but only after the car has warmed 
up.  He then goes on to say that by accident, he bumped the left front
fender while the car was parked and heard the same noise.  The dealer  had no 
luck tracking it down.  Miata club suggested that suspension bushings were the 
culprit.

I had precisely the same squeaking problem and it was driving me crazy.  
Lubricating the suspension bushings did nothing to relieve it.  After an 
hour's worth of manually shaking and rocking everything I could think of 
over and under the car, I finally identified the hood latch as the culprit.  A

 shot of white lithium grease takes care of it (but only until it wears off 
again, about a month or two).  Anybody know of a permanent fix for this? 
 The latch has actually worn a small groove into the little hook on the hood.


Al Jenab
jenab@metsci.com