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Old 07-06-2002, 03:52 PM
MVK MVK is offline
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Found the culprit

Ok folks:
I got to the bottom of the squeaking problem.
Its the lower ball joint on both the side in front. The rubber boot on top of those ball joints were cracked and have run the ball joint dry.
I sprayed in some lithium grease with a lond thin nozzle and try to regrease those joints. and it worked for now. So after all it was nothing wrong with the upper control arm or its bushings.
The squeak is completely gone for now. I will keep regreasing the lower ball joint thru the rubber boot cracks until I have enough $ to replace the lower ball joints. I have already ordered the lower ball joints for 16 bucks a piece. But the labor is about 400 bucks cant afford that now. My be will give it a shot to do it at home.

But the bottom line is its the lower ball joint. I am so happy and releived to have found the problem.

MVK
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