[Shotimes] Bad Ball Joints or Wheel Bearings?

[Leigh Smith]

Alan;
It's easier with 2 people.
Jack up the car, and have one person wiggle the tire as you describe.
Second person puts 1st & 2nd finger of the same hand on the suspect ball
joint, with each finger on a different side of the "joint".
You'll definately feel movement if it's bad.
Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Fanning" <Awfanning@earthlink.net>
To: "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:20 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Bad Ball Joints or Wheel Bearings?


> Having finally  completed the installation of new inner and outer tie rods
> on our '95 ATX I decided to double check wheel play before lowering 'er
back
> to the ground. To my disappointment, there is a tiny little bit of play on
> the passenger side when shaking the wheel about the horizontal plane
(hands
> at 12:00 and 6:00).
>
> So, how do I tell whether the play is the result of bad ball joints or bad
> wheel bearings? The car has 82k easy miles on it.
>
>     Alan
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