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check your lower a-arm
Posted by gorper (more from gorper) on Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:28:59
In Reply to: popping noise when backing and turning, Rob '88 SPG, Fri, 9 Aug 2002 21:54:07
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could have same problem i just had: broken lower a-arm. failure mode is backing up w/wheel cranked. u will need a flatbed if i'm right & it happens to you, too. :-(
jack up car and carefully inspect the lower a-arm where the 'legs' of the arm meet the mounting 'rod', which mounts to the car through 2 brackets.
if you search here, u should be able to find a picture.
personally, i wouldn't drive the car until u rule this out, though they do apparently most often break in reverse, going slow.
new arms can be had for ~$70; u may need to get ball joints, too, if yours are old and can't be removed cleanly. also will need new bushings.
i'll be fixing mine this weekend. i'm doing both left & right lower arms/bushings, new ball joints on the broken arm, new bushings on the upper pass. side, new spring perch bushings, new shock bushings.
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