On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 17:45:30 -0400, jbattles@bankfinancial.com ("Josh
Battles") wrote:
>
>""Gabriel A. Couriel"" <BigGabe@fiufiji.com> wrote in message
>news:MOEEJOOFGDIGEJODCLKMGELECEAA.BigGabe@FIUFIJI.com...
>>
>> when the ball joints go bad, what kind of noise do they make? i started
>> having noise from my suspension (seems like all around), where the
>> suspension squeaks when i go over bumps, no matter what the size. it is a
>> loud squeak, which sounds like an old work truck when driving. i don't
>> think that the shocks are bad, although i might just upgrade them if they
>> have to come out.
>
>Ball joints usually make a clunking or dull thud noise when they go bad...
>you might want to lift the truck (both keeping the weight on the suspension
>and without) and try and move the wheel up and down (grab top and bottom and
>try to rock it) and see what kind of noise (if any) you get. Sometimes they
>will squeak though, however this only usually (in my experiance) happens
>when they severly need to be greased.
I don't think that my ball joints are bad (yet), since I'm not really
having any sort of clunking noise. Just the squeak and the slight
dragging (for lack of a better term) sound from the steering wheel.
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