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Originally Posted by lonkelm
Whew, that was some work.
Tried sway bar bushings first. Improved the cornering a bit, but didn’t fix my issue.
Went ahead and replaced both LCAs which included the ball joint. Since it was apart, I also did the inner and outer tie rods on both sides. After alignment she drives great and clunk is gone!
No kidding, if you aren’t cussing while getting the LCA off, you are doing it wrong. The passenger side totally ceased up. Took 5 sawzall blades to cut her off! Not for the faint of heart.
Took her back to NTB for an alignment and was informed my “lifetime alignment” expires next month. I’m still on the same tires I bought it with. Lifetime?
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When I was at an alignment shop years ago a mechanic said I needed to replace the lower control arms (with bushings). I bought him hew ones from Amazon and he installed them.
I also had him replace the sway bars, but ball joints in mine are OEM.
No front-end noises in my 2005 with 150,000 miles.