put your floor jack UNDER the lower control arm when you lift it, it will
take the pressure off the ball joint and allow you to feel if it's loose...
Tony.
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Ross <blackdak@tampabay.rr.com>
To: Dakota Mailing List <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 6:12 PM
Subject: DML: sign of bad ball joint?
>
> How can I tell if I have a bad lower ball joint? I jacked the truck up and
> tried to wiggle the front tire. But, it was solid. The rubber boot is
torn.
> Truck makes a clunky sound as if something is loose. Seems to ride/steer
> fine. Took the shock off, it was fine (Bilstein w/ 30k miles). Could the
> lower control arm bushings be bad? I just recently had both entire upper
> control arm assemblies (arm, bushings, ball joint) replaced under
warranty.
>
> Alex
> 97 Sport V8 5spd
>
>
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