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Ball joint squeek be gone!

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YOUR RESEARCHBall joint squeek be gone!

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Use #3 drill and a 1/4" nf bottoming tap

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

Used a #3 drill and a 1/4" NF bottoming tap.

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Leading evidence: 'Use #3 drill and a 1/4" nf bottoming tap' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'ball joints themselves' (1 discussions; 0 report identifying it and 1 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Use #3 drill and a 1/4" nf bottoming tap' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Use small pick tool and a vacuum

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

No worries about drill chunk residue since all the joints were bone dry, but used a small pick tool and a vacuum to clean up inside anyway.

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Ball joint squeek be gone!

ball joints themselves

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Seems from most posts the consensus is that the rubber bushing makes the noise, but in my case it seems it was the ball joints themselves.

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Use #3 drill and a 1/4" nf bottoming tap

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

Used a #3 drill and a 1/4" NF bottoming tap.

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Ball joint squeek be gone!

Use small pick tool and a vacuum

No successful repair reported for this finding.

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Unsuccessful attempts
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Discussions
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Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome
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0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.

0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.

Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

No worries about drill chunk residue since all the joints were bone dry, but used a small pick tool and a vacuum to clean up inside anyway.

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Ball joint squeek be gone!
Reported and suspected causes (1)

These are separate views of the same evidence. Frequency alone does not establish a fix, and these counts must not be added together.

ball joints themselves

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Suspected cause · Original poster

Seems from most posts the consensus is that the rubber bushing makes the noise, but in my case it seems it was the ball joints themselves.

Original post Read captured discussion
Ball joint squeek be gone!

Outcome qualification: Negation, uncertainty or missing explicit repair resolution overrides the raw extraction signal.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Zerked up all 4 ball joints and all 4 outer tie rod ends. Used a #3 drill and a 1/4" NF bottoming tap. No worries about drill chunk residue since all the joints were bone dry, but used a small pick tool and a vacuum to clean up inside anyway. Seems from most posts the consensus is that the rubber bushing makes the noise, but in my case it seems it was the ball joints themselves. Time will tell, as the various squeaks did not occur until the car was driven more than 45 minutes. After 4 hours of driving it was like an old buggy with all the squeaks and that was what motivated me to do this. But, so far so good! enjoy

POST 5Original post

Had the same problem with my 1970 911. The trick back then was about 8CC of ATF through the bellows with a hypodermic needle to shut them up.

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