On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:44:49 -0600, "'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com>
wrote:

>"John M." wrote:
>>
>> I just replaced the passenger side lower control arm bushings. I had them
>> pressed in by a shop but all other work was done by me. I did this same job
>> about 2.5 years ago with aftermarket bushings and I noticed they were failing
>> about 6 months ago - get OEM!! Anyway, I digress. Just after I got things back
>> together I drove about 10 miles into town to a shop to get my alternator fixed
>> (It's been an expensive summer with these and other repairs.). My steering
>> wheel was straight again and everything seemed fine. Then at about 6 miles I
>> heard this strange noise (kind of a clunking) as I let off the gas to stop. Then
>> when accelerating it went away.
>> As I continued on the noise got much worse (and louder) and I could feel it
>> in the steering wheel. It seemed to be coming from the driver's side (?) and it
>> was correlated to wheel speed. The further I went the harder I had to
>> accelerate to get it to go away.
>
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>
>I did that once. The lug nuts on one wheel were loose.
>
>Very red face. :-(

Ya know, (Said with a face redder than yours.) I've done that too and, dammit, I
may have done it again but I can't really remember. I did torque down the bolts
on the passenger side but I may have loosened the driver's side also before I
put the car up on jacks in preparation for some other stuff I was gonna do but
didn't because of rain. Damn!!!!! The car's in the shop so I guess I gotta
wait 'til tomorrow

As a poster said to me in here a coupla years ago: I could get a job at NASA.

Damn again.

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John M.