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Loud squeking noise, front left tire. need help!

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Loud squeking noise, front left tire. need help!

Okay, so just this morning out of nowhere I was driving and the squeaking noise was coming from my front left tire. it only does this when I am driving over 15-20 mph. I get this really annoying squeaking noise (squeak, squeak, squeak. not squeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaak) from my tires. this evening I took of the tire and my brake pads to check if anything might have been stuck in there such as a small rock, since I took it through some mud over the weekend. I cleaned it all. took it for a drive and it started back again. the Brake pads were replaced toward the beginning of the year, I don't think that is the problem. im currently on a strict budget and can do most work on my own, its driving me crazy, literally. could someone help me out please? I greatly appreciate it!
 
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Check and see if the dust shield on the brakes is contacting the rotor.

I had that a while ago. Somehow it got slightly bent and made some funky noises. Bent it back and noise free since.

Just an idea.
 
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Could be your balljoints, upper controll arm bushings or even the swaybar bushings.
 
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thanks, very helpful. and I don't think its the balljoints cause the noise is like nails on a chalkboard, like something is jammed, or the rotor is scraping against something. gonna check the dust plate this afternoon, hopefully it does the trick. any other tips would be great.
 
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