OK so I did the passenger upper control arm on my 98 civic yesterday. It took about 20 minutes, very easy job. Torqued the bolts down as per my Haynes manual (i know sometimes Haynes is wrong, but it was all I had at the time).
Torqued the Upper Ball joint castle nut to 35 ft-lbs Torques the Side bolts to 40 ft-lbs
When I was driving later, I took a left turn (I did the right control arm), and heard a *CLANG*. Stopped, inspected it and nothing was wrong, and everything was tight as could be.
Was this just the upper balljoint taper seating itself properly into the steering knuckle? If so, I guess I should retorque the castle nut, right?
Thanks t