I had this posted in the lightning forum as a reply but I guess it should be here;

1997 ford expedition 2wd


I changed both upper control arms with bushings and ball joints and the lower ball joint. I did this to stop some pulling and because my front end guy said it needed it. Now I get a popping sound from the front. Just wondering if I did something to cause this. could I have overtightened the ball joints or something while doing this work?

Update; I greased the turning stops on the lower control arms and it seems to have worked. I will ask the wife to check it out tomorrow while driving. However, while doing this I noticed the left upper control arm(that I just changed) had "Right" stamped on it. And sure enough the right one had left stamped on it. I thought I was carefull making sure the box was placed on the correnct side of the vehicle before starting, however they were already opened from the parts store. How could they work on both sides?

p.s. the vehicle drives straight and true with no noticable tire wear.


Last edited by wayne77662 on 11-10-2004 at 02:50 AM

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