IN REVERSE, drive in a circle and listen for the clicking. CHECK YOUR REARVIEW FIRST. you won't mistake which side its on, the drivers side will be louder than the passenger side for obvious reasons. best practice is, if you have 1 bad CV Joint, change them both (R+L) if you have bad inner and outer joints, change the entire shafts on both sides. an inner shaft is easy to check, look at the boot and feel the grease. if the grease is gritty or dirty, the joint is compromised and will fail in a short time. the inners aren't as likely as the outers to fail as they aren't under the direct stresses of sharp turning angles as the outers.
Ball joints only really need to replaced when they are going bad. Usually you can tell if you put one hand on the 12 oclock position and the other on the 6 oclock position and try to wiggle the the tire. If it wiggles this way then ball joints are going bad. (Jack the vehicle up first). If you put one hand on the 3 oclock and the other in the 9 oclock position and wiggle it and it moves then the tie rods are going bad. If the whole tire moves in and out then the bearings are usually going bad. Hope this helps.
The truck will "wander" going down the road with no movement to the steering wheel. Jack the wheels off the ground and try to move them as of they we turning a corner. If you get movement in one wheel and not the other, ball joints are shot.
U-joints are used to absorb vibrations and shock in the drive line, they are also used to allow the rear/front to travel up and down, If you sense one is going bad the easiest diagnosis is that it will begin to pop loudly when you put it in gear, reverse or drive, I hope this helps you
One good sign is you slowly have to add anti freeze and you wonder where it is going cause you don't see any leaks.
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You will hear a clicking or taping noise whenever the car is turning in the direction of the bad CV joint. So if your drivers side is bad then you will hear it when turning left. That death click that you hear is only caused by CV joints going bad... you might even be able to feel it through the steering wheel or floorboard. The clicking happens when additional weight transfers from one wheel to another (most often turns) but can happen during accelerating and stopping if quick enough. You will hear a clicking or taping noise whenever the car is turning in the direction of the bad CV joint. So if your drivers side is bad then you will hear it when turning left. That death click that you hear is only caused by CV joints going bad... you might even be able to feel it through the steering wheel or floorboard. The clicking happens when additional weight transfers from one wheel to another (most often turns) but can happen during accelerating and stopping if quick enough.
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The best way to tell your friend's mom about the party is to simply be honest about it. Once the mom knows the details, she can make an informed decision.
I was looking at one of Fords websites and for a 2000 Lincoln LS REAR suspension , as far as I can tell from the drawings , there are ball joints on the top on what they call the " trailing arms "
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