car driving weird after lower ball joints - change
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i recently replaced just the lower ball joints on my gs400 , they were ok before but reading all these horror stories i decided to change them anyways-
the car drove i guess the same after the replacement but on the highway i noticed when a bump comes does not goes straight. i mean i have to hold the steering all the time and hold it hard-
i got alignment done thinking it would solve the problem but it hasn't . everything was ok before the lower ball joint change any suggestions?
the problem in detail( when i am driving at highway speeds the car wants to go left or right on bumps or any sort of non smooth surface) it feels like the wheels are not straight and they want to turn in either direction and i have to hold the wheel constantly to prevent this-
the car drove i guess the same after the replacement but on the highway i noticed when a bump comes does not goes straight. i mean i have to hold the steering all the time and hold it hard-
i got alignment done thinking it would solve the problem but it hasn't . everything was ok before the lower ball joint change any suggestions?
the problem in detail( when i am driving at highway speeds the car wants to go left or right on bumps or any sort of non smooth surface) it feels like the wheels are not straight and they want to turn in either direction and i have to hold the wheel constantly to prevent this-
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hmm, so right after i changed the lower ball joints? the bushings were put in correctly or somthing where i can get bushings for everything
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no this inst normal, i have been to driving NY from De and back and fourth and its quite annoying i love my GS and love highway is where this car truly shines but right now, i hate driving it his way hopefully we can get this figure out
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tires are hardly 10,000 miles old, the thing is it was fine (perfect) before the lower ball joint replacement- so it has to do something with that
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still dont know what to do, i am going go ahead and order Control Arm Bushing Kits? from daizen? do i need anything else?
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Besides caster arms and ball joints, the GS doesn't really have suspension issues...
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