My rim wiggles...
07-18-09, 03:38 PM
#17
I say lift your car and inspect them all and see what needs to be changed, the joints should be pretty much solid with no play. Go through yours and check each one, one by one while someone moves the rim up and down left and right and see if they are loose. Its the ball joints that are the ones that are gonna do this:
Tie rods are gonna kill your steering, but at least you can still safely stop your car and save your car!
07-18-09, 03:42 PM
#19
awesome! then you're ahead of the game... but for the price of the tie rods, might as well change the hole thing as to not have to pay for alignment twice in the future.. I mean you're already down there right? :P After I changed the inner one, thats when I saw that the outer was on the verge. Since you're there already ya know...
07-18-09, 10:08 PM
#20
Theres no right way of checking for lower ball joint.. Just visually check it foe leaks or busted rubber or play on the joint itself... Shaking left right checks for tie rods up down checks for wheel bearing, that's wat I've learned in school... GL guys
07-18-09, 10:40 PM
#21
just based off this so if the cover on the joint, (outer tie-rods) is gone/busted then its safe to assume the joint is bad?
im not getting much play at all but my LS is "clicking" at certain points during the steering, and looked it over and saw tie rod end on the passenger side was leaking.
im not getting much play at all but my LS is "clicking" at certain points during the steering, and looked it over and saw tie rod end on the passenger side was leaking.
07-18-09, 11:35 PM
#22
isnt that pretty much what I said? just based off this so if the cover on the joint, (outer tie-rods) is gone/busted then its safe to assume the joint is bad?
im not getting much play at all but my LS is "clicking" at certain points during the steering, and looked it over and saw tie rod end on the passenger side was leaking.
im not getting much play at all but my LS is "clicking" at certain points during the steering, and looked it over and saw tie rod end on the passenger side was leaking.
07-24-09, 10:02 AM
#29
07-24-09, 11:05 AM
#30
It was a stupid mistake on my part when I put the rim back on BEFORE I changed the tie rod. I put the rim back on (not using torque wrench) then went to change the tie rod. The mistake was ASSUMING that the new problem was significant to what was replaced... The original wiggle WAS the over worn tie rod. Its hard to explain and the more I type the more it will look like what it isnt... All in all, tie rod was bad (as stated when I first checked and said I "opened my eyes") loose lug nuts happened when I removed the rim to make the initial check at home without lift. In other words the the wiggle was there before the lug nuts were loosened. (im repeating myself here )How did I know it was loose lug nuts THIS time? Well still trying to figure out what was causing the new wiggle, this morning I was going to rotate the rims just in case the tire may have gotten worn from the bad tie rod just enough to throw the tire out of balance (from sectioned wear from the wiggle) when I jacked the car up I noticed the rim was wiggling again...
I was like c'mon, did something else go bad? Thats when I decided to check the torque on the nuts... Now dont get me wrong the werent loose to hell, they were just loose enough to make the rim wiggle. car drives fine now. (still gonna do what can in a over haul with all the joints as stated above)
BTW, check link in my signature. My knowledge on mechanics is far from noob
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