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Can You Guys Help Me With This Sound?

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5pointohmustang

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I don't know anything about suspension that's a whole new world for me this noise has gotten got worse over time before i would only hear it when i would brake at a stop now i hear it turning sometimes over bumps i do have a brake leak in my hose i don't know if that's playing a part my rear drums and rotors should be dead but the front pads and rotors were installed in august and this sound is only coming from the front left side not really any play in the tire left or right so i don't know i would like to change what ever it is myself if its the strut or shock i don't care right now but anything else i need to know
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I replaced the tie rod and i poked a small hole in the ball joint and drenched it in wd40 the sound still happens so i dont know what it is... also theres no play in my wheel in either direction i think it has to do with steering

can you guys tell me all the suspension parts that can have fatal consequences if they fail?​
For example shocks wouldn’t be fatal unless you were speeding like hell and hit a corner or something ​
I’m talking more like tie rods ball joints… things that can disable a car ​

also steering components as we’ll like things that are within a rack & pinion ​
Thanks ​
 

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Sounds like old...stressed metal to me. Check around for cracks, broken spot welds, rust and tweaks and fix them. If the car hasn't got sub frame connectors and a strut tower brace, get a set welded/bolted in. Old worn out bushings needing replacement or at the very least grease.

....it sucks, but that's what us Fox guys live with driving a 20+ year old car that was thrown together with tape and bubble gum to start with.
 

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Gearbanger 101 said:
Sounds like old...stressed metal to me. Check around for cracks, broken spot welds, rust and tweaks and fix them. If the car hasn't got sub frame connectors and a strut tower brace, get a set welded/bolted in. Old worn out bushings needing replacement or at the very least grease.

....it sucks, but that's what us Fox guys live with driving a 20+ year old car that was thrown together with tape and bubble gum to start with.
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thanks, i just had the frame welded it was cracked by the rear diff so the guy looked around for any others, i just want to make sure its not something that will disable me from driving
 

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Ball joint
A-arm bushings
Inner tie rod
Outer tie rod
Rack bushings

Those are the things that are common, dangerous, and I would check each very meticulously.

Not dangerous, but annoying, my son's sway bar mounting pad, that is spot welded to the front frame rails, ripped right off the frame rails the other day. Pulled right through the spot welds.
 
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