Bad ball joint or bad strut bearing?
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Bad ball joint or bad strut bearing?
So... Symptoms..
1.Inner tire wear
2. Slight "knock" driving slowly over say a potholed gravel driveway. Knock occurs with each pothole.
Bad strut bearing has caused this wear pattern before on this car.
Bad strut bearing has caused this noise before on this car.
Bearings replaced, both sides this year.
Other side new bearing failed after 5 months
This bearing is about 9 months old.
It all sounds like its the bearing, but could it be caused by a bad ball joint also?
The balljoint has 180000 miles on it
Using OCCAMS RAZOR, one would assume its the strut bearing, but wouldn't a bad balljoint cause the same symptoms?, especially "bearing" in mind that the balljoint is very old, and the bearing quite new.
OPINIONS PLEASE
1.Inner tire wear
2. Slight "knock" driving slowly over say a potholed gravel driveway. Knock occurs with each pothole.
Bad strut bearing has caused this wear pattern before on this car.
Bad strut bearing has caused this noise before on this car.
Bearings replaced, both sides this year.
Other side new bearing failed after 5 months
This bearing is about 9 months old.
It all sounds like its the bearing, but could it be caused by a bad ball joint also?
The balljoint has 180000 miles on it
Using OCCAMS RAZOR, one would assume its the strut bearing, but wouldn't a bad balljoint cause the same symptoms?, especially "bearing" in mind that the balljoint is very old, and the bearing quite new.
OPINIONS PLEASE
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Jack the wheel up on the control arm, close to the ball joint. Have a friend use a bar or 2x4 under the tire to lift up and down. Look from the front of the car to see if there is play in the ball joint (you will see it move up and down).
Careful the car does not fall on your head as you will stop seeing everything.
Careful the car does not fall on your head as you will stop seeing everything.
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Jack the wheel up on the control arm, close to the ball joint. Have a friend use a bar or 2x4 under the tire to lift up and down. Look from the front of the car to see if there is play in the ball joint (you will see it move up and down).
Careful the car does not fall on your head as you will stop seeing everything.
Careful the car does not fall on your head as you will stop seeing everything.
If you never hear from me again... The car fell on my head ;@)
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Havnt checked my ball joint yet but i do suspect the "new" bearing is the culprit
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