Originally Posted by
boostednx Why would you want to loosen the ball joint ? All you have to do is remove the to 17mm bolts from the strut and remove the tierod and you just slide the axle out :
Its been a while since I've done this, but I've done it dozens of times. You shouldn't even need to remove the tie rod. Only the 17mm strut-hub bolts and nuts.
Originally Posted by
TrackJunky82 My lower ball joint boot is busted. Would a bad ball joint produce a knocking noise under slow speed turning?
In my experience, busted ball joints on a B13 were most noticeable on sweeping, consistent radius turns. What happened was the car started tracking wide, not keeping the line that I was steering into. I'd have to compensate by steering some more.
On a car like the Lexus SC300, a bad lower ball joint contributed a ton of steering vibration at virtually all times.
Time for new ball joints! I took the easy way with my SE-R (and the SC300), just bought new control arms with the new ball joint already installed.