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I just replaced my front lower control arms and tie rods
I had cracked boots. For the past year+ I had "The Noise" coming from there. Every 3-6 month I would spray WD-40 in and that kept things quiet.
What I observed when I took out the old control arms is that the ball joint that I applied WD-40 to, was very easy to move around. The other old arm, I did not spray, was vary stiff to move. The new replacements arms have very stiff ball joints.
I think the WD-40 is a temp fix if you are planning on replacement. I also now think that once you start the WD-40 regiment, it's just a matter if time
Again, my boots were in pretty bad shape so I'm sure that was a contributing factor. The thing is the old arm that was stiff also had a cracked Boot but didn't creak so I never applied WD-40
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2002 S - old school third pedal
Seal Grey
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