Warranty wont replace part because of noise. Upper/lower/track arm difference?

[faheemf1]

Thank you very much for your reply. Can you please tell me where or what exactly is the sealed joint?

[tholyoak]

Your mechanic should be the one telling them it is defective. The ball joint is a metal ball that sits in a teflon cup, it is lubricated with some type of grease, eventually the grease dries out and the metal ball wears on the teflon cup, this is the squeak. If you use some method to relubricate it as deliriousga did you should be ok. If you continue to drive with it in this state the metal ball wears away the cup, now the part is damaged and is likely the source of the 'clunk' you hear. You now have significant play in the rear suspension which can cause geometry changes under cornering, braking acceleration etc. This makes the car dangerous to drive. If you continue to drive it in this state the part will fail and cause major damage when the ball joint fails and the wheel tries to part company with the car.

Ask the company if they are prepared to pay for a major law suit after the part fails and you suffer injury from the accident caused by their failure to replace a worn out part.

Todd

[djomlas]

Originally Posted by tholyoak

Your mechanic should be the one telling them it is defective. The ball joint is a metal ball that sits in a teflon cup, it is lubricated with some type of grease, eventually the grease dries out and the metal ball wears on the teflon cup, this is the squeak. If you use some method to relubricate it as deliriousga did you should be ok. If you continue to drive with it in this state the metal ball wears away the cup, now the part is damaged and is likely the source of the 'clunk' you hear. You now have significant play in the rear suspension which can cause geometry changes under cornering, braking acceleration etc. This makes the car dangerous to drive. If you continue to drive it in this state the part will fail and cause major damage when the ball joint fails and the wheel tries to part company with the car.

Ask the company if they are prepared to pay for a major law suit after the part fails and you suffer injury from the accident caused by their failure to replace a worn out part.

Todd

amen. take his post, and paste it into an email to the company.

[faheemf1]

I am sorry and I don't mean to sound dumb. From this attached picture which ball joint am I supposed to lubricate. I have already replaced the track rod but that didn't make squeek go away.

[tholyoak]

If the tech said your lower control arm needs replaced it is item #9

Todd

[faheemf1]

Porsche said that I needed to replace the track arms. Which I did (Item #17) but the squeeking is still there. The flapping / clunking noise everytine I went over bumps are gone. Which ball joint should I grease?