88 80q Clunking THANKS

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Thank You to all who responded. I found the problem tonight.

 I had previously checked the ball joint, but just visually. I got the car up 
on the jack stands and tightened up the lower control arm bushings as 
suggested. They were fine. For the heck of it I grabbed a hold of the nuts 
that hold the ball joint on. When I twisted the outer one, it fell off in my 
hand. The noise was the ball joint moving foward and backward, pivoting on 
the one stud. I could not find a replacement bracket so i used (2) 10MM X 1" 
LONG bolts with lock nuts. It seems to be holding just fine after my 10 mile 
test drive.

Again, Thanks.

Scott Calabrese
88 80q
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