SVTED
Veteran CEG'er
So today I'm coasting to a stop when I start hearing this weird knocking/cracking/thumping kind of sound from the left front end. I kept trying to recreate the sound in a parking lot coasting and I could get it to come back sometimes and then realized it's not the top hat thing on the strut making the noise but it's rather coming from one of the linkages. So i jack the car up and look at the linkages and they look fine... then my buddy asks what if it's the ball joint? Then I think about it and i keep getting this feeling that's the issue. When I move the steering back and forth, I can definitely feel something scraping which I could only assume is the ball joint. The initial sound is definitely there now when the car goes over a bump.
So I'm definitely thinking ball joint. And talking about the ball joint, I just realized tonight the damn thing is riveted onto the LCA. WTF ford. I looked on rockauto and they have ball joints that use bolts and nuts so can I drill out the rivets or something and just put the new ball joint onto the LCA?
So I'm definitely thinking ball joint. And talking about the ball joint, I just realized tonight the damn thing is riveted onto the LCA. WTF ford. I looked on rockauto and they have ball joints that use bolts and nuts so can I drill out the rivets or something and just put the new ball joint onto the LCA?