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Old 05-07-2015, 10:19 AM
Zulfiqar Zulfiqar is offline
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Originally Posted by ps2cho View Post
The ball joints are new. I replaced the entire arm with Lemfoerder about a year ago. when I grab the wheel at 12 and 6 there is no slack.

Strut mounts are also 1 year old too. Shocks are old though and have 100k on them at least.

to test the wheel bearing slop - by the 12/6 o clock method - you first need to compress the caliper and then remount the wheel.

you did replace the arm - but it wont hurt to check the parts again, Lift the car with the jack under the control arm and then try to wrestle the joint and spindle with a pry bar.

New parts can also fail.
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