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Originally Posted by razorboy
The source of all my pain (wobbling under brakes and creaking / cracking noises was lower control arm inboard nuts / bolts not tightened to spec.
They were way loose compared to the prescribed torque
Before you do anything to find a wobble or front end noise, make sure everything has been tightened corrlectly. This was the source of months of frustration and some unnecessary spending before I found the culprit
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So three years later, I'm chasing a similar problem - a sharp click I can hear and feel through the floor every time I hit the brakes. Definitely from the lower front right side. Checked calipers, front thrust arm etc. - nothing. Used Google to search Xoutpost and found my way back to this thread, shot outside and checked the lower control arm inner bolt. Not loose but maybe only 50-60Nm. Torqued it up to 100Nm and bingo! - noise gone.
Odd, as I've never touched this bolt. I did remove the left-side bolt when I changed the CV boot on the left a few year back (and I re-checked that today - still at 100Nm).