| BMW 330i E46 Pirate Ship Creaking Sound From Front Suspension InspectionL [B]SOLVED:[/B] On my car it was the worn outer ball joint on the driverside control arm! Once the control arms were replaced the sound and gritty steering and braking feel went completely away! The thing is I realized over the years is that the sound does indeed tend to go away and return periodically but the gritty steering and brake feel is always there if the issue isn't fixed. In light of that, I realize that the real diagnosis of where the issue is will have to come from driving the car, windows down, on a perfectly smooth flat road in a quiet place and feeling for the source as you accelerate, brake hard, brake soft, turn left/turn right (both at slow and fast speeds) to figure out where the issue is. For me now that I have new ball joints and control arms I immediately have a sense that something was wrong the whole time on the worn ball joints. |
