The sway bar ends look fine to me. I'm guessing ball joints, but I am not so
eager to drive it like this...

On 3/9/06, Milo's Kitchen <sagmoore@zoominternet.net> wrote:
>
> Andy,
>
> Is one of the sway bar ends broken? Sounds very alarming.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Andy Stalick
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:10 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: clicks in the front end
>
> Just today and yesterday, I've been hearing a disturbing clunk fron the
> right side. In bouncing the van up and down in the driveway, it sounds
> like
> its coming from the right lower ball joint. The joint looks okay at a
> glance.
>
> The tie rod end is new, and looks good. The upper ball joint looks okay,
> as
> do the various bushings in that area.
>
> Any ideas? If I have to replace the lower ball joint, is this something I
> can do without special tools like a spring compressor?
>
> Thanks,
> Andy Stalick
>
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