Panerai127

Today my mechanic adjusted pretensioner by 1/4, eventhough I read that people adjusted it 1/16 or 1/8, the steering feels tighter but my clunck problem did not go away when I get off this little hill from work with my steering turned half way to get onto the road, I always here lick a little clunck or crack noise coming from my front driver side wheel, could it be a ball joint?! Also my steering as I drive straight at any speed has a loose play feel and it is about 1 inch in either direction even after the adjustment. Even if I am parked and have my foot on a pedal, if I turn a steering wheel both direction half turn I hear clunk or little cracking noise coming from steering column that feels like something is loose, there is definetly some play in steeering, anyone has any idea what it is or what these simptoms are? I had that even before I changed my column with tilt motor on a much newer one with less miles, because my tilt motor failed. car is 01 GS430 with 100k miles.. any ideas?

Panerai127

any help would be appriciated guys..

RushNatU

Check Tie rod ends, sway links, upper/lower ball joints

FrankT

Yes that clunk could very well be the lower ball joints.
I would not hesitate to replace them if it were my car...

angus

iTrader: (4)

Upper balljoints were my clunk

ProzakUser

As you tighten one component, the others will begin to show their wear/play issues. Double check everything again. I'd be willing to bet you have worn out components, more than likely tie rods or ball joints. How many miles does your GS have?

ThomasGS4

iTrader: (19)

Hey fellas, old thread.