2003 Dodge Dakota Club Cab "bad ball joints noise" Questions

...ball joint and see if there is any motion(play) at the joint. If not, check the bottom the same way. if they are both good, try it side to side to check the tie rods for play, make sure the steering ...

...ball joint, or tire? Do you have 4-wheel drive? The noise you describe sounds like a CV joint going bad in the front drive axle. 2 questions. 1. is it a 4x4? if so you may have it engaged and have ...

...bad u-joints, ball joints, shocks/springs? It's hard to tell exactly where it comes from but seems to be from the front to middle of the truck. My first thought was the the bed was coming apart from ...

...bad they squeak badly It is the lower ball joints. To find out punch a small hole in the rubber booth and take a can of penetrating oil with the spigot on it and put the spigot through the hole ... ...

...bad. Yet they rust at the bolt and the sleeve in the bushing sticks to the bolt coming loose from the bushing . This is where the squeaking is coming from. I haven't ran across a strut ...

...bad needle bearings. Make sure by getting the vehicle up to operating speed and cruise a curvy road. A quieting down on a right hand turn will indicate a left wheel bearing assembly,(and vice versa) ...

soon, a bad ball joint can cause the wheel to fall off. Typically a bad ball joint will squeek a little when you turn. Sway bar bushings are not so dangerous, they just make annoying noises over bumps

...noise can be either struts/shocks or ball joints.as for stiff steering can be either power steering. or ball joints.bad ball joints can make a banging moise and make it stiff when turnning the

and sway bar end links could be the problem,when you changed ball joints did you change both upper and lower ball joints?lower ball joints and control arm bushings tend to squeak loud when they go bad

...bad ball joints usually sounds like a creeky rubber teeter-totter noise. (sorry lack of better way to put it) it worse when you make a complete stop usually from a slow speed when you stop fully it ...