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)

I'm just as likely to go ahead and replace them without doing the test. The lca bushings are hard as a rock too... need to go ahead and bite the bullet and do it all!

Thank you for the reply!

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1991 300D 2.5 "Rocinante"
2002 Golf TDI "Teen Spirit"
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1984 300D
1966 Mustang I6 3sp
1985 Mazda RX-7 GSLSE
1982 Toyota Supra
1977 Datsun 280z
1971 Datsun 240z