I've been feeling a little bump in my suspension for a while but every time I jack up my truck and wiggle the wheels, everything seems tight. Today I finally thought to pull the tire toward me at the top and the passenger side is indeed loose. It moves about 1/8th to 1/4 of an inch. The other side seems tight, and the lowers seem tight although i'm not 100% confident I tested them throughly.
So first question first, is this safe to keep driving? Not forever of course but I still need to go to work.
Beyond that, I looked at a few youtube videos and it does seem a little bit beyond my abilities. I was able to do the hubs easy enough but pressing these things in and out seems a lot harder. Which is too bad because if I'm only paying for parts, doing all four would be fairly inexpensive.
So when one of your joints goes bad, do you typically replace just that one, or both on that side, or all four?
Any thoughts on what I can expect to pay to have this done at a shop?
One related weird situation:
I just replaced my wheel hubs, and the hubs seemed good quality, but the plastic clips that hold the ABS wires in place were very cheap plastic. Some of them snapped just by inserting them into the holes in the steel. If I have to pry them out (or if the shop does), I'm confident they will all snap and be totally useless. Can you get kits of just these plastic front abs wire brackets? Like not generic clips but the specific set of clips specifically for our suspension.
So first question first, is this safe to keep driving? Not forever of course but I still need to go to work.
Beyond that, I looked at a few youtube videos and it does seem a little bit beyond my abilities. I was able to do the hubs easy enough but pressing these things in and out seems a lot harder. Which is too bad because if I'm only paying for parts, doing all four would be fairly inexpensive.
So when one of your joints goes bad, do you typically replace just that one, or both on that side, or all four?
Any thoughts on what I can expect to pay to have this done at a shop?
One related weird situation:
I just replaced my wheel hubs, and the hubs seemed good quality, but the plastic clips that hold the ABS wires in place were very cheap plastic. Some of them snapped just by inserting them into the holes in the steel. If I have to pry them out (or if the shop does), I'm confident they will all snap and be totally useless. Can you get kits of just these plastic front abs wire brackets? Like not generic clips but the specific set of clips specifically for our suspension.