How to make the ball joints be quiet
08-04-2022, 12:34 PM
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How to make the ball joints be quiet
Hello, I am waiting to get new ball joints in the front, already replaced some but others sqeak like 1950s car. Anything I can do to make them be quiet while the others arrive?
My car https://www.instagram.com/fast_cl55/
My car https://www.instagram.com/fast_cl55/
08-04-2022, 12:42 PM
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Straight pipe it in the meantime?
Turn up the audio?
All jokes aside, I dont think there is anything that you can do, as ball joints are enclosed in a rubber jacket. Maybe punch a hole in the rubber boot and inject grease of some kind?
Turn up the audio?
All jokes aside, I dont think there is anything that you can do, as ball joints are enclosed in a rubber jacket. Maybe punch a hole in the rubber boot and inject grease of some kind?
08-04-2022, 01:37 PM
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I personally never heard ball joints squeak, but clunk. I believe it might be your bushings that are squeaking. It could also by your sway bar bushings.
08-04-2022, 01:44 PM
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But what was it @MartinWake ....
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08-05-2022, 09:16 AM
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I had a squeak on my S550. It was the main lower ball joint. I tried injecting grease and while I was able to fill it, the noise was the same. Then I had the car in the air for an oil change and injected more grease hoping that it might flow around with the weight off the joint. When I put the car down and test drove it, the noise was gone and has been gone. Makes me wonder if injecting grease every once in a while could seriously prolong the life of our many ball joints. FWIW, I tried squeezing out the excess grease from the hole I made with the needle injector and it would NOT flow out no matter what I did. The rubber acted like a check valve somehow. So any worries of water penetration are unfounded I guess. And regular servicing could mitigate the risk further...YMMV
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