Chirps & squeaks after changing pothole-induced front flat-tire

Well the generation 2 is a pretty old car and probably hadn't had any suspension work done and now it just had some suspension work beat pretty hard so there's always that might be quicker to just go to the tire store and let them have a look tell you what they think they need to replace go from there you're not familiar with suspensions and that sort of thing You may not be equipped to get the car up in the air and have a look not necessarily on a lift but up on ramp so you can get under it well and all that sort of thing I'm sure there's billions of YouTube videos dealing with Corollas and Yaris and Prius they're all pretty much the same far as front suspension and whatnot goes.

 

What you should probably do is watch him YouTube videos on pothole and suspension damage I'm sure there are many and you can see cars with front end components very similar to yours mangled up and bent and what have you and then when you look at your car after looking at those videos you can see how your car doesn't look or does however that plays out that's usually the fastest way to do it so somebody trying to describe what to look for with words yeah that's going to be real good and then posting pictures and all that when you can just Google YouTube of those particular scenarios there should be a plenty Corolla Yaris are the same so you ram any of these cars like this into a pothole straight ahead turning whatever the damage should be pretty similar.

 

Chirps & squeaks.
Chirp noise, to me, is unique for suspension complaint, as usually that comment relates to accessory/ serpentine engine belts.

Post 4 has some good advice.
IMO if the pothole was large enough to damage a tire, there is a strong possibility something on the chassis is damaged or moved too.

**Perhaps the best advice is to get your wheel alignment checked on a shop's alignment machine.**

As for home diagnosis, you could "eye" everything and take measurements. I could say to focus on the shock absorber and lower a-arm for bends/ misalignment and the bushings for tears or movement from their original positions. Don't forget to look at the underhood shock tower area. I would further remove the front wheel rims to compare both sides and inspect the hubs. The trueness/ roundness on the rims - noting the tire shop that replaced your tire may have already checked that - would also be a concern for me. That's my two-cent do it yourself at home comment.

If I were to comment about the word chirp, I would consider the wheel bearing making that sound.

In direct reference to your complaint, spray silicone lubricant on every rubber suspension/ component you locate. That may cure it

Good luck.
Let us know what you find.

 

The issue here is is that you have to know what the suspension looks like untouched or in reasonable condition to know what it's going to look like when it's not I guess is what I'm saying but yeah go out and do all this and see what you got If you don't work on anything or don't know what you're looking at then it may not be a thing but I'm sure we'll be easy to connect with folks that have an idea like the tire store at the corner that kind of thing

 

Slight bends in your suspensions components are very difficult to recognize - if your not working on the exact same suspension system day in and day out. A Toyota specialty body shop may be able to spot your problem.
Did you get the alignment checked?
The only thing that's easy to spot is movement of the sway-bar bushings - there's a clean spot where the bushing used to reside. That's a clear indicator that your suspension has shifted; possibly out of alignment.

Hope this helps...

 

Some likely do.

Instead of pennies, get a tire gauge? they're readily available, $5 at most. 4~5/32" is getting pretty low, still legal (down to 2/32" IIRC) but traction is compromised. You've got one brand-new tire, so would only be shopping for 3 more?

I'd guess something IS compromised in the suspension, just not that obvious. I don't know much about it, but this video is of interest:

 

You spray white grease and lubricate the sway bar end links they clip on to the strut and grab on to the sway bar they have funky plastic bushings in them and they can go to squeaking and clicking the likeliness of your strut or shock portion of your strut to be squeaking like this is not really a thing but the upper mount can get pitted and damaged but usually it only rears its ugly head when turning It sounds like you're squeaking and noise is happening as a suspension moves up and down that's sway bar end link would move with the up and down movement along with the spring the upper perch and the course the shock rod going up and down with a pothole then the strut enough so that it wouldn't be straight at least the rod going up and down in its bore not likely but anything is possible. So you can maybe make this sound with the hood up just leaning on the side of the car that suspect in the front bouncing the suspension up and down essentially or somebody can do it while you have your head in there looking. But I mean replacing the whole suspension on one side especially if you do it at home it's pretty quick painless and all of that I'm assuming your lower control arm is good because it would go up and down as you slammed into the pothole not side to side or any of that unless the pothole was big enough to it buried the tire which would have rendered it usually flat wheel ruined and all that or maybe you'll just live with the squeak in it well close to 20-year-old car.