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Old 09-26-2011, 06:27 PM
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Default i think this ball joint is a little bad

customer stated there was a knocking noise going over bumps

next to new one



and the knuckle


 
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Old 09-26-2011, 06:52 PM
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wow what did you do to it
 
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Old 09-26-2011, 08:13 PM
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Looks like it was bad a few thousand miles ago.
 
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^ I would have to agree!

"When did this knocking start?" "Oh... 3 years ago, I thought it was normal."
 
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Old 09-26-2011, 10:57 PM
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its crazy what people will drive on the road, seen a expedition a while back where they drove on the bad wheel bearing for so long that the hole the wheel bearing went into ovaled up like a inch
 
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these people always amaze me, esp the ones that have a tie rod fail mid turn and their wheel goes under the car....first the thing they say..."how'd that happen??"
to bad common sense wasnt a requirement for getting a license.
 
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Originally Posted by warthogdriver
these people always amaze me, esp the ones that have a tie rod fail mid turn and their wheel goes under the car....first the thing they say..."how'd that happen??"
to bad common sense wasnt a requirement for getting a license.
haha i agree me and a friend of mine were talking about that the other day
 
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Originally Posted by xgiovannix12
haha i agree me and a friend of mine were talking about that the other day
I think NJ gives their liscences out in crackerjack boxes.......

That balljoint.....sheesh....how the hell did it not separate and lose the control arm before that knuckle wore down like that????
 
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