I too, had the wandering A-arm bolt on a 2wd 93 Dakota. You can usually see
"shiny" metal from the area of movement. This is an alignment adjustment,
and you should have the truck realigned and the bolts TIGHT! As a matter of
fact, mine came loose soon after a front end alignment. I eventually
tightened mine with a 3/4 drive socket wrench, and it quit coming loose.
Greg, I assume you've already checked the U joints? sometimes it can be hard
to detect play just visually.
-- David Chester
Albuquerque NM
92 Spirit RT
93 Dakota V8
> From: NVMYDakota@aol.com
> Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 16:33:12 EDT
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: Horrible Clunking Noise on 93 2wd PLEASE HELP!
>
> In a message dated 9/22/00 2:01:06 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> dakotademon94@yahoo.com writes:
>
>> I keep putting it off, but I need to get my upper
>> control arm fixed. Do they just tighten it...or is
>> there an adjustment to be made....I noticed it moves
>> in and out(a lot of play. Where should I got to fix
>> this. It's sounds like a common problem. Seth
>
> I am taking it that it moves when the truck is on jackstands? My tires seem
> to have little to no room to move... (flex wise) which I think is good,
> everything seems nice and tight, but I'll double check it
>
> Greg
>
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