So been havin a terrible clunk from my front end...snoop n stormtroopa n max n ian have herd it... i have been to OI and to Dan tecni and to my boys service station but no 1 could tell me exactly wat it is... after a hell of alot of research im beginin to think its my ball joints...thers a thread on my350z bout em but i been banned from ther so i can only see it wen im not at home or work.

thinkin bout gettin these to replace oem's...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...#ht_1275wt_683

my questions:
has anyone replaced these ball joints on ther g or z???
max...were these the ones u ordered??? hav u put them on yet?

here's thread from my350z.com shows pics n details...
http://my350z.com/forum/brakes-and-s...ll-joints.html

any ideas would b greatly appreciated!

 

i have 2.. i paid $60 for the set and havent installed yet..is it cracked or leaking?....i can sell you one of mine

 

thnx for offerin max but, im gonna need a set cuz clunks r comin from both sides...

so if these were the ones u purchased, hows the quality look?

did the faulty one on your car make any noise when goin over speed bumps or into driveways???

 

dont know if theres any noise..i think there may be some vibration from the one side..the grease from the balljoint was leaking

https://g35driver.com/forums/brakes-...-joints-6.html

 

this guys pix

 

i hadnt seen that thread from gdriver. lot of posts on ther describe same noise im gettin from my front end when goin over bumps or into driveways or uneven roads... see nova's post rite b4 ur post max... he describes my clunk perfectly. dam this was hard to diagnose!!!

max ... are you satisfied with the quality of the ball joint you got from ebay???

 

I got a set from eBay for 60 dollars just used one had it on for six months now still no prob but u have to remove the whole arm so u can get the new ones pressed in. Do u have aftermarket sways cause I had the clunking and it was my sway endlinks but I have aftermarket sways also check the lower control arm where it connects to the sub frame and make sure the bushings isn't broken either.

 

thanx cwhealon... i already replaced those bushing on the lower cntrl arm with whiteline bushings and i dont have aftermarket sways. ill prolly buy new endlinks as well as these ball joints and do it all at once just to play it safe.

did you do install yourself or did you pay for some1 to do it? if u did pay how much?

ill eventually get aftrmarkey sways, thats my next mod!

thanx agin cwhealon and max.

 

If u don't have aftermarkt sways u prob won't need to replace the endlinks unless u have a crap load of miles on ur g. I did all the work myself but took the spindles to on of my dealerships I do work for and had one of the techs press the balljoint out and press the new one in cost me 20 bucks a side and that's just cause I have done work for him in the past. If u know how to work on cars pull it all out ur self and just have someone press the new ones in going to be alot cheaper

 

hey I probably here the same clunk as you do... braking & going over speedbumps. I checked out the thread on 350z and seems legit... did it resolve your problem?

My noise is so loud I feel it sometimes in the brake pedal :/

 

Megan makes a set also. Check those out.

 

tech day?

 

Link to ones for 05+

Since the ones on the ebay only work for 03 and 04

 

did swapping it out solve the problem?

 

To be totally honest it did not help with "clunk" that I was getting from front end. Turns out my motor mounts were loose and the engine was bouncing around from side to side.
Not even Orlando Infiniti could figure it out and I went there twice and explained the noise in detail! When I pulled my original(oem) ball joints they were pretty well greased as they leaked a hell of alot of grease when I pressed them to get them off, so I dont think they were really contibuting to my issue at all.

so in summary... I misdiagnosed my "clunk" and now have new ball joints...FTW!!!

and check you motor mounts b4 you spend any more $$$