UZ214

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-

GSteg

iTrader: (15)

seems like a case of the caster arm bushings being worn out. Its a problem for most GS.

TruPlaya26

iTrader: (4)

Damn i thought this was normal, on my current GS and my past ES the steering wheel used to turn whenever i would hit a bump or puddle of water, it wouldn't turn extremely hard, but it was enough to turn it a significant amount. What can we do to correct this?

UZ214

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

UZ214

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

corkycal

iTrader: (8)

what's the condition on your front tires? any signs of camber wear on the inner threads? if it's worn or close to worn, your car will drift everywhere.

UZ214

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

UZ214

still dont know what to do, i am going go ahead and order Control Arm Bushing Kits? from daizen? do i need anything else?

SoCalSC4

I would be overjoyed to get 10,000 miles out of my tires...

Besides caster arms and ball joints, the GS doesn't really have suspension issues...