I went to a new car sales and service because I knew the service writer in the department. I asked for a specific front-end guy (Steve) but did not ge t him. I told them also that I was hearing a metallic "clank" in the front. After half hour I was told they couldn't do the alignment because there was a worn tie-rod on the driver's side and the inner CV joint was leaking gre ase! The "tech" was explaining how the trans-axle and CV joints work (altho ugh he didn't know what CV meant!). I told him "constant velocity" and that the inner joint moves in and out and the outer moves up and down. I asked to raise the car again...he pointed-out the grease, which appeared to be sp rayed on the boot! I found no hole in the boot and no play in the tie-rod. At this point he found I had a broken coil on the left strut...the only rea l problem (and the noise I was hearing). Make-up a problem and not see the most important one! I took the car to my mechanic, who replaced both struts and found nothing w rong with anything else. I then had it 4-wheel aligned by another local that did a fine job without issue. I had not used them prior...but intend to now!
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7 years ago