Loud pop/clunk when turning

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Feb 6, 2009 | 10:33 AM

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BlackWorksInc

Wrkn Toyota, Rootn Wankel

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From: "Haystack" Hayward, CA

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Originally Posted by GavinJuice

well i can say every ball joint i've seen has had a castle nut and a cotter pin to keep in place once tightened up. if things have gotten loose, then things have worn out. i would say replace under those grounds, unless you didn't have a castle nut or had no cotter pin where things could loosen up.

I used to think the same thing but the new ball joints I got for my lower control arms have one that has a castle nut and one that uses a standard lock nut.

I'll take a picture of it when I install it and paint my lower control arms.