yes - thats the symptom of tired ball joints on a W124 as they are under incredible stress just with the car sitting still.

you cannot test the joints like a usual car - you need to raise the car and then raise the control arm to offload the joint, then wrestle the wheel to feel the play.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)