Update..the front derailleur was bent out of shape and the bike shop fixed that. Unfortunately, the guide was worn through so I can only keep it in the lower chainring for now(I think this may have been bent/damaged overtime and I speed up its wear).. I have ordered a similar verison of the suntour compe v, which I hope will work(only thing that appears to be different is that it has 2 bolts for the clamp to the bike instead of the 1 bolt and hinge clamp. It also has springs on the adjusters, but otherwise looks the same.

I finally figured out how to take the pedals apart and greasing the bearings eliminated the noise.