Alright, so I just go my car outta the shop; it got hit at 5mph a couple months ago, suffered light front end damage. Crunched the bumper, headlight, passenger front fender, and front right rim (got scraped up). Took it to Marco's Auto Body in Monterey Park, they did an awesome job with the bodywork!

Now my one problem is that when I turn the wheel at a stop or low speeds, like moving out of a parking space, I can hear a popping/clicking sound......I'm guessing this isn't good. They said they checked the knuckle, and they did a 4-wheel alignment, so what could this possibly be? Is it possible that they just overtightened something, and I'm hearing the stress/tension, or is something possibly seriously wrong with my car?

It's gonna be a real pain in the *** to get my car back to the shop, so is there anything I can check on my own? Thanks guys!

 

Check the 19mm nut where the compression rod attaches to the bottom of the knuckle. I've seen a few of these loose.

 

I'll try to check that tonight. Any other possibilities?

 

Any of the balljoints, I'd think. Check for play with the car jacked up.

 

Also getting a nice knocking sound when I tap the brakes while rolling.... Can hear something moving/popping when I exit the driveway nose-first (slowly) as well... We'll be putting it up on a lift tomorrow, but any more ideas of what it could be?

Thanks guys!