A Real Head Turner

[spakahands]

Hello everyone,

I have been having some issues with my Lexus IS200. There is a very loud grinding/creaking noise coming from the offside front wheel whenever I steer or go over a bump in the road, basicly whenever the wheel moves up/down left or right. It started off a quiet creak now its a real headturner! everyone looks! I had the car jacked up and oiled the join on the top wishbone, the noise went for five minutes and the came back. Does this mean I need a top wishbone or could it just be a co-incidance the noise went for a bit. A friend said it may be a ball join could this be right?

[TommyH]

I had the same symptoms, turned out to be the balljoint was knackered.

[spakahands]

I had the same symptoms, turned out to be the balljoint was knackered.

Hi, Thanks for the feedback. Did you change just the ball join or does the suspension arm need doing? are they seperate parts? sorry if thats a daft question.

[TommyH]

Yes mate, seperate parts, i just needed to change the ball joint.

[Mr.Rudus]

ball joints are common to wear out.

its more of a knocking noise.

check the upper & lower joints.

[Mossyn]

Worn lower swivel ball joints.

Had the same thing a while back and boy did it creak!