wishicoulddrift
New member
- Joined
- May 9, 2019
- Location
- Seattle
First post, here we go!
The first time I did a u-turn in my 76' 245 there was a strange popping/tire draggin/chassis wigglin sound coming from the front suspension. It does not happen in the act of turning the steering wheel (spring binding or upper strut mount failure), but once I reach full lock turning to the left...
My order of operations has been:
1. Wheel bearings - checked bearings and repacked them. The problem continued
2. I then found a post about worn rod ends causing noise and some play, mine ended up being fine.
3. Inner rods...same
4. Ball joints at the base of the shock, also good
5. The bushing look a little suspect, and while I was inspecting them I found this. (note the washer to nowhere and additional hole?)
Which caused me some pause... so I took the bolt off and found this...
Why would this have been done? Both arms look the same and nothing seems to be bent, so I cannot wrap my head around it... Also, could this rotate the ball joint and mess with the suspension geometry enough to cause the issue with my left tire feeling like it is binding or dragging when turning to the left?
Thinking I should just buy a new arm, new ball joint, put some poly or delrin bushings in and throw this arm in trash.
The first time I did a u-turn in my 76' 245 there was a strange popping/tire draggin/chassis wigglin sound coming from the front suspension. It does not happen in the act of turning the steering wheel (spring binding or upper strut mount failure), but once I reach full lock turning to the left...
My order of operations has been:
1. Wheel bearings - checked bearings and repacked them. The problem continued
2. I then found a post about worn rod ends causing noise and some play, mine ended up being fine.
3. Inner rods...same
4. Ball joints at the base of the shock, also good
5. The bushing look a little suspect, and while I was inspecting them I found this. (note the washer to nowhere and additional hole?)
Which caused me some pause... so I took the bolt off and found this...
Why would this have been done? Both arms look the same and nothing seems to be bent, so I cannot wrap my head around it... Also, could this rotate the ball joint and mess with the suspension geometry enough to cause the issue with my left tire feeling like it is binding or dragging when turning to the left?
Thinking I should just buy a new arm, new ball joint, put some poly or delrin bushings in and throw this arm in trash.