ok yeterday i started to hear a noise every time i turned to steering wheel today upon a little investigation it is coming from the front drivers side wheel sound like from behind the rotor. an other thing today i went to go take off one of my wheel and the stupid lug broke the stud. is it a pain to fix i ordered the part. i am pist
thanks

 

Sounds like you have a bad ball joint.

 

you think that is what it is?

 

if it was bad ball joint u would notice some aligment problems slight though not major, could be CV joint too

 

I say lower ball joint/s. In my experience, cv-joints dont normally squeak, they make a horrible 'clicking' noise when you are on the gas while turning. If the front end squeaks when you are not moving, and you just turn the steering wheel side to side, then that is your ball joints...but their are lower and upper ball-joints.It is most often lower ball joints that go bad. You can check your CV boots, and if they are not torn then that pretty much eliminates your CV joints. I hope this is of some help to you, good-luck.

 

how much is it for new ball joints and i s it a pain in the *** to install

 

don't know about the tegs but for my blazer they were 40 bucks for the cheapys and 110 for the lifetime warrenty ones apeice and on my blazer they are a pain in the *** to replace better off having someone else do that repair lol

 

They are around $40 a piece. Like wilohio said, they are a pain to replace. You are better off taking this to a dealer, where they will check which ball joint it is (upper or lower) and they have the proper tools to remove it (ball-joint puller or air hammer). Their are ways to remove them without these tools but it's definitely not easy. Call your local dealer and see how much they charge to do it, that's your best bet. If you have to do it yourself, let me know and I can tell you how. Later!