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Old December 20th 04, 04:49 PM
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> A couple of days ago my front left corner began to creak and squeak.
>Quite a lot, actually. It's noisy both when bouncing the corner of the
>car and when steering side-to-side, so I figure a ball joint of some
>sort.
> So, here's the question: is this merely noise, or is it (I'm afraid)
>a symptom of a joint beginning to grind itself away and asking for
>replacement?
> '97 Honda Accord, a little over 100,000 miles on it.


Rex's guess was right--the mounting point of the strut was the
squeaky part. And it only squeaked while the weather was cold. After
everything warmed up a bit the squeak went away, but returned after last
night's chill.
I'm going to let it go until it begins to squeak even when it's warm.

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