the thrust bushings when fail will allow the wheels to move quite a lot (over half an inch) when braking at slow speeds; you can feel the 'thump' but you can just stick a camera phone out the window and at 5mph hit the brakes hard and the wheel will visibly move back quite a bit. It makes a soft thump and shouldn't repeat or have much effect from steering only braking.

A creaking click-click especially if when not moving is almost certainly a ball-joint, and tie rod would be my #1 suspect. If the tie rod ball is covered with a rubber boot and you are anticipating replacement already anyhow, cut a small slit in the rubber boot, shoot some WD 40 in there and the clicks/clunks will vaporize if it's that ball joint.

I had that problem on a previous car and the WD40 fix worked for a month or two while i saved up for the replacement parts.

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2011 E70 • N55 (me)
2012 E70 • N63 (wife)