i just got done replacing my upper and lower balljoints and tierod ends. i took it for a first drive today and theres still a clinking by the left front tire and the whole front end still feels very loose just like it did before i changed everything. what it does is weird, as you driving (20mph) out of nowhere the car will jerk real hard to the right. you dont feel the jerk in the steering wheel though, it feels as it the tire is staying straight but the whole front end is moving around.

 

did you adjust the steering box? how are the pitman and idler arms?

 

have you checked the front wheel berings?

 

front wheel bearings are tight and new, went out under the car today and looked at my lower control arm where it connects to the frame and can see that the rubber there is gone.

 

how hard is it to replace the lower control arm bushings?

 

It's not easy SGP, but it can be done at home. You have to take off your lower control arm (remove the sway bar, etc). Once you have that done, what I've been doing is to use a propane torch to melt out the inner rubber if I have to. Once that's done, use an air hammer with a chisel attachment to remove the sleeve that's left in the control arm. Clean that area out, then press the new bushing back into place till the lip is even with the control arm. That sounds pretty simple, but it's a lot of heavy work.

Be sure to check your uppers as well. They do wear, and that's about the last parts you've not done.

 

Crush it. It is always problems and now it sounds like death trap.

 

i know problem after problem, but hey, thats what we get into buying a 40+ year old car, if you have the mentality of crushing cars with problems, your in the wrong place

 

Nope!

Wrong! That is not what you get OWNING a 40+ year old car. Buying it maybe, but once it is yours, fix it, bring it up to road worthiness and make it right BEFORE you start driving it

I would not tolerate a mechanical ******* of a car. I have mentioned many, many times to you to get a professional to go over the car and give you quality advise. Hourly shop rates are about $75-$95. per hour. Buy an hours time and have him look at it. If you don't have the hundred bucks then you can't afford to be in the old car hobby. If you insist on doing it yourself, go to school and learn. I spoke recently to several groups of students at a Tech school about an hour from here. They were a great bunch of students and had an awesome facility. Either learn or pay someone, it is crazyness to just keep throwing parts on until it is fixed. You have thrown away more good parts/money than it would have cost to get it diagnosed.

Maybe it is the attention.

 

Have to agree with C4C on this one. This is a safety thing, killing yourself is one thing but you could kill or hurt somebody else. Not cool, sgp.