Here are some pics of the problem and cure. It is supposed to be centered in the frame pocket, but it wasn't. Now it is :D
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Of course, i had to remove the spring entirely to fix that, and saw that the noob who installed it thought that stapling some innertube rubber around the end coils was a good idea. WHAA??? Good for trapping dirt and moisture maybe. It actually has a good theory behind it, in reducing spring noise, but in practice it is unnecessary, doesn't work on this car, and is actually a bad idea... especially with the thin rubber used.

I took that crap off. I did put a little water repellent moly lube on the top coil and bottom pocket. Maybe it helps. maybe someone will call me a noob. The factory left them dry.

So then I did the left side ball joints. The lower one was loose. They also have a wear indicator where the grease fitting is. If the indicator is flush or recessed into the body of the joint, it is time to replace, loose or not.

This is late saturday/early sunday as i write. I'll finish both the car and this post later.
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Sunday 3/19, 7:23PM

sooo verrry tired............

i finished the camaro, then did ft brakes on Eric's camry, and took a quick look at carlota's 323, which i should be working on tomorrow. On the camaro, i just did the same thing to the right side as I did yesterday to the left, plus fixed a missing sway-bar-to-frame bolt, untwisted a brake hose, relocated a brakline slightly, lubricated caliper slides, and diagnosed sticking calipers..... The rt side coil spring was in upside down... at least it was in its upper pocket, kind of. it had that goofy stapled rubber too. here's a few pics. Batteries went dead in camera again.

hosetwist
out of bracket
missing bolt/bent bracket
notches indicate top
that's all better, plus the ball joints.
old ball joints
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-spott