April 15, 200619 yr I have inspected both ball joints on either side, one is really tight and one is loose but not sloppy. Which one is failing, the tight one?
April 15, 200619 yr the loose one is failing, most cars have a certain amount of loosenest they can have before they are bad, most of those are american made cars. the rest should have no movement at all. i don't the specs here but i think they shouldn't have any movement at all. jack the car up and grab the tire at the top and bottom and up out from the bottom while looking at your ball joint if you can see any movement then your bj is bad. another way to check is get a big bar and put under tire and pry up on it a little same thing any movement and its bad.
April 16, 200619 yr Author Maybe i should elamberate, the tight one is so tight that you push really hard then it moves and stays in possition till you move it again. the loose one is easy to push and it rebounds to a certain spot, but no slop. Is the tight one still the good one? Also the tight one is one the side that has allot of possitive camber.
April 16, 200619 yr mate just replaced one.the stuffed one was only 6 months old and loose.the new one[warranty replacement] so tight it took a bit of force to move and doesn't return.
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