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Phone's ringin Dude.
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Popping sound in control arm
I've been driving my truck a lot lately, and she's developed a quite annoying popping noise in the drivers side lower control arm. It sounds like someone is hitting a vise with a ball peen hammer. I'm headed to nappa to order new control arm shafts, as thats about the only thing that isn't brand-spankin new on my front end. Anybody else have this problem?
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Re: Popping sound in control arm
Are your springs cut? When I cut mine they used to bounce around in the pocket when I went over bumps too quickly. Just a thought. I also had a pop like you described once and it turned out to be the nuts that hold the shims in place. Hope you get it figured out.
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Phone's ringin Dude.
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Re: Popping sound in control arm
My springs do have one coil cut off. I was thinking that's what it was, but it takes very little movement to cause it. I'll check the nuts too.
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Re: Popping sound in control arm
have you checked the u bolts that hold the lower control arm shaft in place? the control arm can shift if the u bolt works loose. not to mention the old u bolt breaking thing.
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Re: Popping sound in control arm
Lower ball joint? I have seen and heard a couple where they would pop loose from the press-in fitting area, then pop back into place later
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Re: Popping sound in control arm
Ball joints will also do this when not enough grease is used.
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: New Carlisle, Ohio,USA
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Re: Popping sound in control arm
Lube the front end. Sounds like a dry ball joint? Did that once on a 70 Nova.
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Re: Popping sound in control arm
I had that happen once in my camaro. It turned out to be a loose fit where the ball joint pushed into the control arm.
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Re: Popping sound in control arm
I don't know about these years but on my 85 one ton I replaced the a arm and did not get the spring located in the right spot. drove me crazy until I took it to an alignment shop and they found it.
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