Front fender insulator.

[Bile]

Hey guys. Here's my question.
I just got my X back today, and the mechanic said that my "squeaking" noise coming from my front fender is because someone must have worked on the underside of it, and the insulation is missing.
Is there some sort of insulators behind it somewhere?
I looked at exploded views of that area on the Nissan parts site, but nothing looks like an insulator.
So I'm not exactly sure what he means.
Nothing on the fender feels loose, but if you kick the underside of each end, you hear the squeaking.
Sooo, when I am driving, every single solitary pebble, pothole, speed bump, divet, squirrel, I run over, I get to hear the noise. IT'S ANNOYING!!
I don't want to buy a brand new fender just to get it to stop.

 

[XTorrey]

Is it definitely the front fender? I had the same issue when a bolt on the front bumper of my '03 loosened just a little bit after some offroading. Took me forever to figure out where the squeaking was coming from, but once it was tightened the noise stopped.

 

[TJTJ]

Hey guys. Here's my question.
I just got my X back today, and the mechanic said that my "squeaking" noise coming from my front fender is because someone must have worked on the underside of it, and the insulation is missing.
Is there some sort of insulators behind it somewhere?
I looked at exploded views of that area on the Nissan parts site, but nothing looks like an insulator.
So I'm not exactly sure what he means.
Nothing on the fender feels loose, but if you kick the underside of each end, you hear the squeaking.
Sooo, when I am driving, every single solitary pebble, pothole, speed bump, divet, squirrel, I run over, I get to hear the noise. IT'S ANNOYING!!
I don't want to buy a brand new fender just to get it to stop.

I've had mine a part and there's no "Insulation" in there, and, if there were, it would not squeek when missing, that's a bit ridiculous.




It IS possible that he meant the liner, essentially a plastic splash shield that goes inside the wheel well and which protects the inner fender and engine areas from getting splashed too much with water and crud, etc.

THAT missing won't squeak either though, but, at least its a PART that could be there or not, etc?

There ARE brackets that hold the fender (As well as the liner in some locations) that can get loose, and which can squeak if loose.

As you CAN kick the fender and make it duplicate the sound, I strongly recommend that you find a lovely assistant, and have them hit the fender while you look under there to find the squeak source(s). There are light brackets to in these locations, etc, which can also be involved, etc...so just have the fender moved to make the noise, and track it back to source.

 

[Bile]

Thanks for the replies guys. It Is definitely the front fender.
I'm just going by what the mechanic told me. Said it would cost like 150 to fix.I dunno. I learn as I go along with these things.
But I'm going to climb under it today, and just tighten every single nut/bolt/hanger and anything else I can find under there. And maybe, if I find or see somewhere that may be touching/rubbing, I'll use some rubber window weatherstripping to pad in between them.
LOL, TJTJ,..no lovely assistants here. Not even any friends. Haha. I'll be on my back, kickin it myself, while trying to look. Hahaha.

 

[TJTJ]

Thanks for the replies guys. It Is definitely the front fender.
I'm just going by what the mechanic told me. Said it would cost like 150 to fix.I dunno. I learn as I go along with these things.
But I'm going to climb under it today, and just tighten every single nut/bolt/hanger and anything else I can find under there. And maybe, if I find or see somewhere that may be touching/rubbing, I'll use some rubber window weatherstripping to pad in between them.


LOL, TJTJ,..no lovely assistants here. Not even any friends. Haha. I'll be on my back, kickin it myself, while trying to look. Hahaha.

:weep:

 

[Bile]

Lol TJ. Tiz all good.