thanks tegger. they seem more common because auto parts stores stock them.
the upper ball joints have to be ordered. thankyou. i'll be getting it
fixed.

-jeff


"Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> "Jeff" <honda@hondas.hon> wrote in
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>> i hear a nasty deep sounding sqeal noise when turning the steering
>> wheel and when going over bumps. i've been told its the ball joint
>> thats out of grease. it's coming from the driver's side and i'm
>> wondering which ball joint goes bad the most on civics, the upper or
>> lower? i'd like to get it fixed as cheap as possible. i hear the noise
>> from the front fender so i'm thinking it is the upper ball joint. i
>> know my old 1987 civic sedan had the same noise from the driver's side
>> and i never took care of it and eventually sold the car. is it common
>> for the upper ball joint to go bad on civics and make that deep
>> sounding sqeal noise? thanks for your help.
>>
>
>
> Lower ball joint.
>
> Don't delay; fix it today. Or else...
> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/lower...int/index.html
>
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