1993 Accord says "whoooop!" in corners?

We have a '93 Accord LX 4-door. In the last week or two, I've noticed
that sometimes when I corner a bit hard, or corner while braking a bit
hard (i.e. if I'm looking for a road and only see it at the last moment)
I hear a "whoop" or sometimes "whooooooop" sound. Not a screech like
you'd hear on a car with the belts slipping - it sounds very much like
a human saying "whoop." I'm pretty sure it's coming from the left side,
and think it's probably the left rear, but I'm not 100% certain on that.

I'm guessing it's got to be something with the wheels, suspension or
drivetrain. Does this noise ring ANY bells for anyone? I've consulted
Google Groups and found lots of stuff about wheel bearings and CV joints,
neither of which sounds like it's what I'm hearing.

Thanks,

-Dan (followup to the group, please.)

 

Thanks, Kent! It's got about 175K miles. I'll give both of those areas
a look. (I hope I didn't bust any springs last month in a neighborhood
where the "roads" turned out to be rutted cart tracks...

-Dan

 

I took a mechanic for a spin but couldn't get it to squeak loud enough
for him to hear it. He did, though, hear other noises in the turns that
indicated the ball-bearings in the CV joints were dying. So I had him
swap the CV axles out when I took it in for its 7500-mile maintenance,
and it doesn't squeak _or_ make the other noises now.

 

That was then, this is now. Over the last 6 weeks, the squeaks have
returned with a vengeance. They occur _only_ when steering, which
leads me to believe (after reading many, many threads about squeaky
old Accords that it's something in the steerable part of the
suspension. Control arms, bushings, bearings, etc.

The maintenance schedule for this model (p 4-4 to 4-5 of the Service
Manual, Honda P/N 61SM405) doesn't really refer to the suspension in
a very detailed way, but p 18-9 to 18-19 go into lots and lots of
detail (dang, there are a LOT of bushings and bearings in that!

I haven't yet gotten the tools to make use of the knowledge I glean
from the Service Manual so I'm going to have the friendly local
ASE guy who fixes most things on the car take a look at those parts.

-Dan

 

If the squeak sounds more like a groan or a creak, the exact same thing
happened to my '93 Accord last week. It turned out to be a lower ball
joint, which had significant play in it. I got both joints replaced by a
private Honda specialist for $250 (Canadian). The car currently has
210,000 km (about 130,000 miles) on it.

 

When I first heard it I described it as a "Whoooop" It doesn't sound
like a high-pitched squeak, no. I'm going to have our trusted mechanic
(as opposed to the dealer's service folks, who've lost my trust) look at
it.