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Front Suspension / Steering Question 200

posted by  Volvo From Heck on  Tue Feb 18 06:36 CST 2020
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Maxspeed wrote -- "Lift the bottom of the wheel upwards to see if there is any movement in the ball joints." That will not show movement at the ball joint as the lifting motion means you are lifting against the spring on a strut equipped car. Use a very large size offset water pump type pliers to squeeze the lower control arm upward against the ball joint to detect play. Sometimes putting a lever between the lower control arm and the bottom of the strut (where the ball joint mounts) will show movement but much more often the squeezing method is needed. - Dave






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