So a weekend ago i swapped out my driver side control arm with new ball joints and it was fine at first, but a week later im getting nasty squeaking and creaking noises. Now i had someone push on the front end while i lied under the driver side and looked and the ball joint is the source of the noise... Its a brand new ball joint tho... The problem did not persist before the lca arm swap. When it rains out the sound 100% goes away until it is dry outside. Anyone else ever have this issue or have any suggestions please ?

 

Check to make sure you tightened it all the way with weight on it/not in the air.

 

How would the rain making it stop making noise have to do with that tho ? I'll check it tho thanks for the reply

 

No noise when wet and noise when dry makes me thing the ball joint needs lubrication. Does it have a grease fitting?

 

Nope, it was an already greased ball joint there is no grease fitting

 

could be LCA bushings. Spray some water on them and see if it goes away

 

Already did, the sound is coming from the ball joint

 

So just got it checked by my mechanic, i didnt change out the pin rod and i guess i mangled it quite a bit getting the old bushing off from the old arm causeing it to have some play in it