Lewis New Member 19 Member For: 8y 7m 20d Posted 12/05/16 07:32 AM Share Posted 12/05/16 07:32 AM Hi there forum people I have a problem with my FG 50th anniversary ute. the car started making a loud clunking noise from the front suspension which turned out to be a loose front sway bar which was fixed with nolathane rubbers. This all seemed good for three weeks when a different noise appeared which is a low level loose sound which most people would not notice but there's something moving around in the front end. my mechanic seems to think the ball joints are next. the car has 70000k on it. Any thoughts. Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,085 Member For: 16y 8m 22d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/05/16 01:54 PM Share Posted 12/05/16 01:54 PM Ball joints are relatively common failure points. Any suspension place will be able to tell you that the ball joints are stuffed within about 2min of being on a hoist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m 8d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 12/05/16 02:45 PM Share Posted 12/05/16 02:45 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis New Member 19 Member For: 8y 7m 20d Posted 12/05/16 08:30 PM Author Share Posted 12/05/16 08:30 PM Thanks for the feed back. I will get the ball joints done and let you know if the noise stops. cheers lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis New Member 19 Member For: 8y 7m 20d Posted 12/05/16 09:01 PM Author Share Posted 12/05/16 09:01 PM Is there a better quality ball joint that will last longer to install? cheers lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,085 Member For: 16y 8m 22d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/05/16 11:59 PM Share Posted 12/05/16 11:59 PM Stock is fine. Other bushes in the region may be causing the ball joint to fail earlier than expected or it may have just failed through regular wear and tear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis New Member 19 Member For: 8y 7m 20d Posted 13/05/16 01:07 AM Author Share Posted 13/05/16 01:07 AM Will lowered front and rear suspension increase the wear as the ute is lowered. And it also has mild negative camber on the front. lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,085 Member For: 16y 8m 22d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 13/05/16 01:25 AM Share Posted 13/05/16 01:25 AM If it's upside-down, of course there's heaps of extra load on the ball joints Yep, lowered with camber definitely puts a bit more wear on the ball joints. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 13/05/16 01:32 AM Share Posted 13/05/16 01:32 AM 6 minutes ago, k31th said: If it's upside-down, of course there's heaps of extra load on the ball joints Top ball joints yes,bottoms will see less load in the pictured northern hemisphere configuration. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 12y 4d Gender: Not Telling Posted 13/05/16 02:06 AM Share Posted 13/05/16 02:06 AM was it only the d bushes that were done? what about the sway bar links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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