shlammed

Before I say anything: Inner/Outer tie rods and lower ball joints were changed in the spring...upper control arms are under a year old. Anyways, when I drive slowly around my building or any other parking lot (when my exhaust isn't loud) I can here a few noises coming from my passenger side. The first noise is like a knocking noise...the second noise is like stepping on wood that makes that creeking sound. Anyone have any ideas what it could be? What kind of noises to springs make when they don't sit properly?

punkindrublic

the knocking noise is quite possibly a cv joint... as for the creek could be a few things... bushings maybe?

shlammed

If it was my cv joint wouldn't my steering go all ****ed up? And how do you check CV joints? Like how would I check it to know for sure?

punkindrublic

just jack up the car and check the rubber seal thing... if its torn you know your problem i dont think they really mess with steering much but i could be wrong

shlammed

Danger factor for a broke student?

punkindrublic

never personally changed a cv joint on my car i couldn't imagine its to to expensive though

shlammed

I meant am I gonna die driving it lol

punkindrublic

oh right right... well when it breaks you'll know one of my ball joints is fuct but it stoped making noise so i just left it in been over a year now and no problems

kwikb16a2

no u wont die......your car will jus wont go nowhere lol. Seen it happen to a turbo v dub, funny ****

kwikb16a2

and if the driveshafts are making noise i would change the whole assembly rather than jus the boots

kwikb16a2

I would be scared driving with a known bad ball joint....heres what will happen, whether it happens going 5km/hr or 100km/hr is entirely luck

http://www.hondaprelude.to/forums/sh...threadid=25004

shlammed

my balljoints are new...they were making some crazy noises before

punkindrublic

well i dont know its weird... it was bad... made noises allthe time... then when i put in all those ES bushings i had it all apart cleaned and lubed it and and theres no play in it anymore... so i guess it "was" bad but isn't anymore

shlammed

what does it look like? usually you can tell if the thing is falling apart...but most of the time u need to remove it to really see...when buddah did mine they looked alright but after the mechanic took it out we were like daaaaaaaaamn lol

punkindrublic

if you jack your car up and take off the passenger front wheel... you should be able to see it... just look at the driveshaft where it enters the hub

shlammed

no no im talking about your balljoints

punkindrublic

oh you just check for play in the wheel when your car is jacked up... mine used to have some on the one side... then after the bushing install none... so i just forgot about it