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[dacunn]

Hello, I have a 2003 with 56k on it and recently noticed a lot of slop in the steering . I got underneath and had my daughter wiggle the steering back and forth and sure enough, both the upper and lower drag link ends were shot.

I replaced them, had it aligned and asked the guy doing the alignment if he checked the ball joints. He said yes, and they were fine.

Well, this weekend I towed for the first time in 6 months, and it wandered all over the place so I knew something else had to be wrong.

Well, long story short, I put a bar under them and pulled up and had about 1/4 inch of play in all of them. I got suspicious because I started to hear a clunk under my feet when I hit bumps in the road.

Can bad ball joints cause a sloppy steering feeling? Obviously tie-rods and drag links can, and my tie rods are fine, but I didn't think ball joints really affected steering that much. I guess the extra weight while towing just magnifies the problem, right?

I plan on replacing them soon, just wondered if this will fix my problem...