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Originally Posted by flatlander
There are more than one ball joint on each front wheel assembly. There's one in the steering knuckle, for the forward thrust arm. Theres one include in the wishbone arm. There's one in the tie rod end. And technically there are two in the sway bar link.
The most likely one to cause problems is the wishbone or rear control arm ball joint. The forward thrust arm ball joint is also a possibility but in my experience it's only failed a third as much as the wishbone ball joint.
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Thanks For The Reply flatlander
I think that makes much more sense, I had an issue with them saying what it seems to me like a tie rod end because the crunch was very consistent with areas of the road that are not level regardless if I was turning left, right, or going straight. So in my opinion it had to have some weight on it to flex and cause that noise. I have to check and see if that is what they are talking about and see if I had them changed or not.
Is there any distinguishing feature to look for to get a better idea of the cause? like a mark or broken rubber?