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Old 04-03-2012, 06:28 PM
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Tie rod for drivers (Just replaced passenger side 2 months ago)

2 Upper control arms

2 lower ball joints

2 struts

2 strut mounts

2 shocks

all new sway bar end links in the mail

and a transmission cooler for the new transmission.

If I still have the clunking squeak from the front end after this I give up and will drive it till whatever is squeaking dies.
 

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Old 04-03-2012, 07:03 PM
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Man I sure hope this fixes it.....
 
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Old 04-03-2012, 11:19 PM
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you can keep replacing your tie rods with crappy moog ball joint parts and it will continue to squeak and clunk over bumps lol
 
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Did you change your front sway bar bushings?
 
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You won't need those control arm bushings. The uppers come with them, and they are far too small to be lowers, unless they are lower strut bushings, in-which case I need to know where the F you got those cause I looked everywhere!!

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you can keep replacing your tie rods with crappy moog ball joint parts and it will continue to squeak and clunk over bumps lol
listen to that salesman lol.
 

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Old 04-04-2012, 01:17 AM
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You won't need those control arm bushings. The uppers come with them, and they are far too small to be lowers, unless they are lower strut bushings, in-which case I need to know where the F you got those cause I looked everywhere!!
they sure look like strut bushings....the uppers in the picture have bushings in them already....and if they were for the lowers...wouldnt there be 4?
 
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listen to that salesman lol.

haha hey hey....im not selling anything! just friendly advice because i keep hearing people with balljoint tie rods loosing the socket and spinning into a ditch is all. more of a safety concern

and because people keep complaining about replacing junk parts....with more junk parts.
 
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Old 04-04-2012, 05:55 AM
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Those spare bushings are further proof that I'm an idiot, I didn't read close enough on rockauto and thought they were for the lower arm (Also thought they were sold in pairs). All the sway bar stuff is coming but the "squeak" in the front end is metallic sounding so I'm assuming/hoping ball joint. projektdirtfab I simply couldn't afford your setup when ordering everything, I just had to replace the transmission and still have this infuriating squeak to deal with. Unless I can get the setup rent-a-center style!
 
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I just fixed my clink this week by replacing the sway bar links and I was left with a squeek but wd-40 on the sway bar bushings took care of that.
 
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Originally Posted by projektdirtfab
haha hey hey....im not selling anything! just friendly advice because i keep hearing people with balljoint tie rods loosing the socket and spinning into a ditch is all. more of a safety concern

and because people keep complaining about replacing junk parts....with more junk parts.
I thought the greasable Moog problem solver front end parts were the best available? What parts would be better to use?
 


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