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Old 03-02-2013, 07:27 PM   #5
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Re: Front wheel rocks forward & back.

It was the control arm bushing. Thanks again for the suggestions. The ball joints were still plenty stiff and I couldn't feel any play in the wheel bearings (grabbed wheel @ 12 & 6 and shook). I pulled the control arms and took them to a buddy's house with a press to swap the bushings. The only problem I had was getting the back of the 1st control arm (new bushing) back in, then I realized that I had the jack stand too close to where the control arm had to go, it was compressing the gap just enough to make things difficult to impossible. Once I jacked it up to get the weight off the jack stand it went in easier, though did still take some convincing with my little 3 lb friend. The rocking and clunk are gone.
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