I am not a first time Lincoln owner, I have owned in the past a "90 Towncar what a ride. We own a 2002 Navigator ( or my wife does ) and have just purchased a '95 Mark VIII with 42,000 miles on it ( mine ).
While moving the car to my work shop, I noticed some popping noise in the front end area. I pulled the wheels to have a look see and saw that the boots on the upper ball joints where all but gone, just shreads. I also noticed that the suspension links were in the same shape. So I replaced all the above, not a cheap or easy task. The thing that bothers me is that all the above had been replaced one other time. I replaced trw parts with trw parts, the orginals were gone. Now with only 42,000 miles and the third set of ball joints what's up??? Is this something that is common with this Beauty or have I got a real problem child here?
While moving the car to my work shop, I noticed some popping noise in the front end area. I pulled the wheels to have a look see and saw that the boots on the upper ball joints where all but gone, just shreads. I also noticed that the suspension links were in the same shape. So I replaced all the above, not a cheap or easy task. The thing that bothers me is that all the above had been replaced one other time. I replaced trw parts with trw parts, the orginals were gone. Now with only 42,000 miles and the third set of ball joints what's up??? Is this something that is common with this Beauty or have I got a real problem child here?
