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Grip Ronin · 05-26-2013, 12:23 PM

so for a few weeks ive been hearing a light clicking noise in the front right wheel area when making long sweeping right turns ( weight off the problem wheel). i thought maybe a loose wheel, but that wasnt the case. maybe bearing? nahh its a new car.
yesterday i took off the front arms to install caster bushing to find out the right ball joint nut is hand tight!

. just lovely. so check your car if you hear a noise. mass production always has its margin of errors.

White64Goat · 05-26-2013, 01:54 PM

Missing cotter pin? That's what dealer prep is for if indeed that is what is missing.

charged86 · 05-26-2013, 01:54 PM

Oh my goodness. I'm glad you found it so is the ball joint all good?

Grip Ronin · 05-26-2013, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by White64Goat

Missing cotter pin? That's what dealer prep is for if indeed that is what is missing.

nope it had the cotter pin. proly only thing holding the nut on lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by charged86

Oh my goodness. I'm glad you found it so is the ball joint all good?

ya seems to be fine. no more weird noises from that area

Jar · 05-27-2013, 05:47 PM

omg I have something similar.

A slight occasional popping sound when making turns, or even if I just sit in my driveway and turn my wheel.

I'll take it in today to have it checked.

Le86 · 05-27-2013, 11:31 PM

Ugh. I haven't heard anything weird coming from my car but this makes me want to check. Can never be too sure, I guess. Glad you found it before something really bad happened.

FrX · 05-28-2013, 01:02 AM

Even with a loose castle nut, I am surprised that the ball joint came undone. I have had trouble getting taper joints loose even when I wanted them undone.

Grip Ronin · 05-28-2013, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by FrX

Even with a loose castle nut, I am surprised that the ball joint came undone. I have had trouble getting taper joints loose even when I wanted them undone.

It didn't just fall out tho because its inverted, so the weight of the car presses into it but when weight comes off the wheel it would make noise

King Tut · 05-28-2013, 03:38 PM

Did you install all the mods on the car yourself?

Grip Ronin · 05-29-2013, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by King Tut

Did you install all the mods on the car yourself?

yup always have on every car

JDKane527 · 05-29-2013, 12:48 PM

Do you have a picture of the nut? I'm having a very similar noise from my front driver side wheel. I made an appointment to bring it in for service but if it's an easy fix I'd rather do it myself.

Rayme · 05-29-2013, 01:14 PM

Thanks for the heads up, will check mine.

JDKane527 · 05-29-2013, 04:21 PM

Got 1/8 of a turn on both ball joint nuts, but there is still noise.

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Grip Ronin · 07-08-2013, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by JDKane527

Got 1/8 of a turn on both ball joint nuts, but there is still noise.

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

Sry I forgot about this thread for a while, could be a different problem making the noise, are your struts tight?

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Grip Ronin The Mechanic Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: Civic Turbo,FR-S Location: NJ Posts: 928 Thanks: 130 Thanked 171 Times in 119 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	loose ball joint so for a few weeks ive been hearing a light clicking noise in the front right wheel area when making long sweeping right turns ( weight off the problem wheel). i thought maybe a loose wheel, but that wasnt the case. maybe bearing? nahh its a new car. yesterday i took off the front arms to install caster bushing to find out the right ball joint nut is hand tight!. just lovely. so check your car if you hear a noise. mass production always has its margin of errors. __________________ IG-Joey_Soul Progress Thread Ported billet 20G

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Le86 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: Asphalt FR-S Location: PNW Posts: 144 Thanks: 11 Thanked 19 Times in 13 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Ugh. I haven't heard anything weird coming from my car but this makes me want to check. Can never be too sure, I guess. Glad you found it before something really bad happened. __________________ 10/01/2012 FR-S down for P0019 code. Received vehicle back from dealership with a new ECU 10/30/2012

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JDKane527 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: Asphalt Scion FR-S Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 499 Thanks: 274 Thanked 215 Times in 136 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Do you have a picture of the nut? I'm having a very similar noise from my front driver side wheel. I made an appointment to bring it in for service but if it's an easy fix I'd rather do it myself. __________________ Asphalt Build

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Jar Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 2014 SWP BRZ Limited Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 219 Thanks: 143 Thanked 142 Times in 79 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	omg I have something similar. A slight occasional popping sound when making turns, or even if I just sit in my driveway and turn my wheel. I'll take it in today to have it checked.

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Rayme The Answer Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: Mazda 2 Location: Moncton, NB Posts: 1,233 Thanks: 488 Thanked 661 Times in 315 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks for the heads up, will check mine. __________________ \| Roof wrap thread

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JDKane527 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: Asphalt Scion FR-S Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 499 Thanks: 274 Thanked 215 Times in 136 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Got 1/8 of a turn on both ball joint nuts, but there is still noise. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Asphalt Build

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