I have had the right ball joint replaced. Knock got wwworse arfter that, and
tha old ohne looked good to me.
In article <f41ff3ad0705230411o5bb72b8cg656c8a0ad08640d2@mail.gmail.com>,
radon220@gmail.com ("Don Rey") writes:
>
>
> I had a ball joint produce a single knock while going over a speed
> bump... just one knock followed by some nasty wheel-on-UCA grinding --
> the ball had popped out of the socket. I would have loved to hear some
> warning knocks first. (A mechanic trying to do an alignment a few
> weeks earlier said the boot was bad, but there wasn't any play.)
>
> I'd say at least figure out what it is before your 800mi trip.
>
> Don in CT
> 89 Dakota Convertible 318 NV3500 4x4
> 74 Dart Sport 340
>
>
> On 5/23/07, Mike Burgess <mike_burgess@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > -------------------
> > >
> > > Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 02:27:11 +0000 (UTC)
> > > From: jldenning@earthlink.net
> > > Subject: DML: torsion bar knock? ;was ball joints
> > >
> > > 1999 4x4 5.2l. It has 60k miles and new stiff shocks.
> > >
> > > Here's my sympton: I get a solid knock out of the right front
> > > suspension.
> > > First it was hard to reproduce -- unless a speed bump was handy. But it
> > > would
> > > occur if you rocked the truck by lifting haaaard under the fender. Then
> > > it all
> > > but went away, even on the speed bump.
> > >
> > > My usual mechanic said I've a dangerously loose lower right front ball
> > > joint.
> > > Took it to a local Fireston instead ... Their diagnosis of the hard to
> > > reproduce noise was inner tie rod ends, which I (already) replaced 1.5
> > > years
> > > ago. So I had the ball joint replced but didn't (re)change the tie rod
> > > ends.
> > >
> > > Now, the exact noise is very easy to reproduce by rocking at front
> > > fender.
> > > Seems like it's occuring on the upswing. I've hunted around while my
> > > wife
> > > rocke and it seems to be in the torsion bar. I mean I can feel the
> > > knock when
> > > I grab the bar, but I couldn't see anything amiss. Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Planning to drive it 800 miles to mom & dad's Thursday. Still at
> > > Firestone.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > > Jef
> >
> > I had something like this develop a few hundred after new tires and
> > alignment. Turned out the alignment bolts were never tightened, and the
> > whole thing was " clunking around, loose " Mostly happened in parking
> > lots, turning, and changing forward/reverse/forward.
> >
> >
> >
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