If the sway bar links are the source of the noise you can wiggle the loose coupling very easily (you don't need to raise the car, just turn the wheels to one stop or the other). If the spring seats/strut mounts are loose, the upper end of the strut can be wiggled fore and aft or left or right - just grab the central stud. Again you would not raise the car; otherwise you will put tension on the seat and it won't move even if loose. Are you sure you don't have a loose ball joint? You would need to check that with a pry bar or other lever to see if the control arm and steering knuckle are separable at all. For that you would want to raise the car to take as much spring force off the ball joint as possible.