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No...this isn't a thread for a bad joke... Just thought I would post that I am hearing a knocking noise somewhere in the front of my car when I hit bumps. It'* not even every single bump, but only sometimes, and it sounds like the wheel is rattling, and i'm noticing that the car isn't handling as well (steering wheel isn't as tight).
I thought it could be a strut at first but it'* not clunking when I am turning, which would normally be a big strut indicator. I'm going to try to get it looked @ today and figure out what it is exactly. Thinking it might even be a ball joint too.
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Ball joints, tie rods and hubs. All the nasties of the front end. Get Drifter to do the work for ya...I'd send in the 420 troops if I was close enough!
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Ball joints, tie rods and hubs. All the nasties of the front end. Get Drifter to do the work for ya...I'd send in the 420 troops if I was close enough!
LOL don't give her any encoragement..umm... I'll stick with the excuse "I don't know" ha ha ha.. that'* my story and I'm stickin with it.
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I'd say hub/bearing, but only because I have a couple doing that now. It could still be just about anything. Without jacking the car up in the freezing cold and pulling and wiggling on stuff, it'* hard to tell.

I bet Drifter would like to watch you do that. Pulling and wiggling under your car.
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Then I would push drifter into the gutter and watch instead.

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Drifter is really good at going into gutters lately......or ponds, ditches, whatever
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Will.. ha ha ha.. yea... I guess I shouldn't have Tamara'* pics on the windshield.. too much distraction... and if them damm FORD Ranger owners would know how to drive trucks in winter... I wouldn't have this problem.. would be huntin and eating rice right now
Allmatige... ha ha ha..will throw Battery acid in your eyes if you dare toss me into the ditch or get between me and my muffin ..
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Drifter, what'* the story on your car?
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Well I took him in!! It'* both outer tie rods and they said they are pretty bad :? bordering on dangerous...so I am just going to get them done myself

Quit picking on my angelcake it'* not his fault that his wild sexual fantasys interfere with his driving
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Tam, you need part numbers?

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