Going after clicking noise in front end of 430

Mine was the sway bar bushings--lithium grease fixed it.

 

If you have ball joints with compromised boots then its likely them. Clicking over bumps is classic ball-joint noise.

You can jack the car and force the joints by hand or with a second jack (depending on the joint) to see if it has any play. It is hard to reproduce the ball joint noise sometimes with a car jacked up Vs driving. But once the boot fails the ball joint is on its way out.

 

Doesn't Hill Engineering make a better ball joint than an OEM?
Alan

 

^ Yes.

Lower Ball Joints: LBJ-360K LOWER BALL JOINT KIT : Ricambi America

Upper Ball Joints: UBJ-360K UPPER BALL JOINT KIT : Ricambi America

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I don't know if it's the same clicking that you have, but I fixed a clicking in my 360 very easily. The sway bar end link on the right side loosened up about 1/2 turn or less and that was enough to create a clanking that sounded like a knocking on the floor board of the passenger side. I also thought it was the ball joints initially, but realized it was just a simple fix. The nut to check is the one on the edge of the sway bar tube (In your original post, 3rd picture, red thing points to it). You may have already checked it, but that's what fixed my problem.

 

My bet is on the lower ball joints. Changed all of my front end upper and lower ball joints on my Scuderia last winter. I went for the hill engineering upgraded version, fairly easy to do...

 

johan; Did you press out the old ball joints on-the-car, or did you remove the arm and use a bench/stand press? If so what ball joint separator/fork set did you use??

+1; use Hill E if they make the part you need!

Now that Ricambi has graciously sourced small portions of Hysol this can be a DIY.

Please review their DIY: Ferrari Parts, Accessories, and Performance Products - Ricambi America, Inc.

 

I removed the arm and put pressure on the joint with a vise. I then heated the ball joint. It came out easy. I think there are a DIY somewhere...