97 Caravan-new noise...CV joint?

This is very difficult but since one is a mechanic and the other, a computer
scientist, let me intervene and suggest the Turing theorem involving when a
computer halts. A. Turing proved, in a remarkable but tricky manner, that it is
utterly impossible to write an algorithm, which a decade later became a
computer program which will predict when a computer halts or stops.

Am I right or even close?

Okay, it's kind of like MTBF, Mean Time Between Failures. No one knows exactly
when a part is going to fail. But if a ball joint fails at 100,000 miles, and
the other one at 150,000 miles, it appears that they both failed at the "same
time," that is, in the same lifetime. So if you are going to get out the grease
and jacks, might as well do both of them. Now a professional mechanic, OTOH,
who has his tools handy all the time might not want to waste 15 minutes if it's
going to take another 50,000 miles for the second bearing to fail. Also,
ethically, it's a little safer to take that route for the mechanic.

Did I make it better or worse?

 

No dice...but it was a piece of cake to do the job and the assembly was
only $80. Maybe I'll do the other one next weekend just to see, or
maybe use the bearing I took off the right side.

I did notice when I took the wheel off a very slight cupping of the
tire. So slight that I'm not even sure it was cupping. The tire was a
bit low a couple weeks ago so maybe that's it.

Anyhow, that's the update.

-corky