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Topic: Front end popping / tension noise..help!
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SN Roush
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1997 GT Mustang.
There is a popping/tension noise coming from my front end when steering / moving from forward to reverse / reverse to forward / going over speed bumps / entering parking lots / bumps at low speeds / stop and go traffic...etc...
I suspect ball joints, but i hear that they rarely go bad, and when that do, your wheel usually falls off. I don't have the resources to pull it apart until this weekend...
My car is really low, Steeda springs, Bilstein shocks, Baer bump-steer, caster/camber...
Has anyone had problems like this before? I heard that replacing ball joints on mustangs often leaves control arms fuckered up so you cant install new ones, and you end up having to buy new control arms altogether... is this true?
any advice in what i should look for?
Thanks in advance for the advice.
-Chase ![[Confused]](confused.gif) ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
Posts: 194 | From: mateo / woodland hills | Registered: Jan 2005
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JohnB
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Bad sway bar link or ball joint/control arm issue. Best off buying new control arms. I wouldn't bother with attempting to press new joints in.
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Thanks John
Posts: 194 | From: mateo / woodland hills | Registered: Jan 2005
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166 Merlo
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exactly what john b said (no surprise).I changed both at the same time on my saleen and the same noise your describing disappeared. I'm not sure how much new control arms are, but I went to a parts house/ machine shop and they pressed in new sn95 balljoints along with rubber bushings so it's basically a new control arm. the ball joints were $60 a peice and the bushings were i think $10 each so 40 plus 120 I got out of there for a little less than 200. Hopefully less than the cost of a new pair - Shit now I'm wondering how much new control arms are..
[ March 10, 2009, 10:37 PM: Message edited by: 166 Merlot ]
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Originally posted by JohnB:
Bad sway bar link or ball joint/control arm issue. Best off buying new control arms. I wouldn't bother with attempting to press new joints in.
X2 A bad sway bar bushing or ball joint....
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It turned out to be a bad inner tie rod end.... not ball joints. anyone here had the problem?
Posts: 194 | From: mateo / woodland hills | Registered: Jan 2005
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JohnB
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I only see that when I car wasn't lowered correctly (no CC plates, bumsteer kit, etc)...you would have been better off to change the entire rack if you got that deep into it.
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