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Hey Guys

This problem has been bugging me more and more over the last few weeks and i've only really noticed it since coming back from Tassie

Aaaaaages ago i bumped a kerb pretty hard with the front passenger wheel and something moved (wheel was slightly crooked afterwards)

After that i finally sussed out the tie rod ends (kept getting 2wd ones until i bought genuine ones)

The car still pulls to the left pretty hard after a few alignments

To add to this, the rattle that i thought was sway bar links is still there even after fitting new links (usually can be heard over uneven ground/bad roads)

And, when on the highway the car sometimes wanders and doesn't seem to like going straight ahead

Took it to pedders, cracked caster bushes and rack bushes apparently, but neither of these would cause a rattle

I'm leaning towards it being a damaged ball joint, anyone else got some ideas?

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Did you check the inner tie rods too?

Ball joints that are moving in the socket usually make a fairly dull/deadened rattling sound.

Are your caster rods the standard ones? If you have to replace the bushes it may be a good idea to go to adjustable ones anyways, as you may find the caster to be out when you put new bushes in.

Im curious about the outer tie rod difference between 2wd and 4wd, since Ive just used generic ones. The important difference I have found is in the length of the inner tie rods.

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Tie rod inners were ok last time i checked

the rattle definitely got better after doing the sway bar links but its still there

the tie rod ends i needed has the same larger taper as r32 gtr ends but were the length and thread of the 33 gtst ends

might get the whiteline rear sway bar with new links to rule that out and maybe some caster rods while im at it, still rocking the stock ones

and maybe the rack bushes just for good measure

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