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Something on front end broken

Old May 9, 2018 | 05:10 PM
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Something on front end broken

can anyone tell me the answer to my problem???...i had my new brakes put on sunday but as the guy was finishing up he grabbed the tire and freely moving it back and forth he said the lower control arm bushing was going bad so 2 days later coming home from work the car made a big clucking sound thot it was a flat tire at first but as i went out and checked tires was fine so i got back in driving with continous noise and when i made stops the car would jerk into a sudden stop then wouldnt move forward till i put it in reverse then drive again it would move when got home finally looks like the tire is hitting the spring...i put a new lower arm control on but its still doing it....please can someone help its my only transportation already had to miss 2 day of work
Old May 9, 2018 | 05:28 PM
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Hi Gary, to the forums! Sorry it's under such conditions.

There is an example of what the underside should look like, on the other side of the vehicle. Can you tell which part(s) are broken?

I've moved your post to a new thread, you should get some attention now. I've deleted your duplicate post.
Old May 9, 2018 | 05:44 PM
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If you put a new lower control arm on you should have been able to observe what was wrong, I wonder what you really replaced.
Old May 9, 2018 | 06:43 PM
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Welcome to the site, I can guess , I can assume, I can speculate, but a picture or two would help a great deal.
It could be broken swaybar end link, #33, it might be something else


Old May 10, 2018 | 09:30 AM
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Tire hitting the spring sounds like the lower ball joint let go. But that would have been obvious when you went to replace the control are. Maybe post some pics.
Old May 11, 2018 | 06:43 PM
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um, unless that joint wasn't re-torqued properly. I hope you find it fast! Ball joint pinch bolt.
Old May 11, 2018 | 06:47 PM
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I was in a cab once that had that. We had to jack up the front end, pop it back in, and proceed carefully. He had just had LCAs replaced on his Impala - by a stoner...

Lucky for me, when it popped out, we were about a half mile from home.
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