steering wobble

[4doorboost]

so yesterday i was driving my car and when i turn hard to the right going at a pretty good pace my steering gets weird. it feels like the tire is moving back and fourth a little kinda like shaking. only does it when i turn hard to the rightany suggestions?

 

[SouthCaliVR4]

Upper strut mounts or possibly ball joints, check the wheel brg for play as well.

 

[mitsuturbo]

Start with the obvious. Make sure your lugnuts are tight. Jack the wheel up and give it a good shake in every direction.

 

[4doorboost]

yeah the lugs r tight... i checked the strut bolts and the tie rod bolts are tight as well as te lower conrol arm bolts..

 

[14u2nV]

How about the axle nut? that coming loose could do that. Also, look for bulges in the tire.

 

[4doorboost]

ill check the axle nut tomorrow but i know the tires are good there pretty new

 

[mitsuturbo]

THEY'RE /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif

not "there"

ugh.

no further comment

 

[4doorboost]

Wow you obviously have to much time on your hands if your going around spell checking people on forums, go get a girl friend or something your pathetic

 

[stealthtt24]

To add to the tire comment, try switching the front tires with the rear. If the problem goes away when you turn it might be one of your tires needs replacing.

 

[Struc]

Quoting 4doorboost:
your pathetic



/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rofl.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rofl.gif

 

[4doorboost]

ill try and switch em, its weird its like when im turning and i hit a little bump the car shakes super quickly but little shakes...

 

[chucklesas]

Could also be the front control arm bushings. Or the control arm itself. Tech brought me out to my car once... with the car off the ground he was able to displace the wheel toward the front and rear of the car. If it's the control arm causing your issues you might be able to get away with just replacing the bushings, but the arm sometimes likes to rust up inside the bushing creating a rough surface that tears up the bushing. In that case you would have to replace the control arm, which I think usually comes with new bushings. Good luck.

 

[4doorboost]

thanks ill check it. what do you mean by displace the wheel front and back like physically move the wheel front and back? its just odd because this came out of nowhere. i should prolly just have my whole front end checked out

 

[chucklesas]

Yeah, it's just the geometry of how everything comes together. The rear of the front control arm is able to move side-to-side, and due to a lever action, the wheel ends up moving front to back. It doesn't move much, but enough to know something isn't right. My steering wheel would shake, though I don't recall if it was all the time or just during certain maneuvers. I'm not saying this is your problem. Just something else to check out.

 

[4doorboost]

nice man ill def check it out. your actually pretty close to me good to see vr4s in cali

 

[4doorboost]

so not the control arms, everything is tight and i rotated my tires, but i still have this shake, and the car pulls to the left normaly and a little while braking

 

[14u2nV]

Just because it's obvious and nobody mentioned it,, when is the last time you had an alignment? When my cars alignment was out, it shimmied and tried to pull to one side or the other randomly.

*if it does it when braking, maybe your caliper is hanging up. that could cause these symptoms

 

[4doorboost]

i agree i def need an alignment i think that would fix the pulling but the shake is only when im turning right and i hit a little bump it just shakes like short and fast little shakes

 

Way back in the day when I had my Talon it would act up during hard right turns. Turned out that a sway bar bushing and frame bracket was missing on the front right. It probably isn't the case with yours, but worth a look any how.

 

[SouthCaliVR4]

based on description of the issue I would be looking at ball joints. if you checked them for play at full droop you may have bound the joint enough to mask any play. jack it up put her on stands, remove the wheel & then jack up the control arm under the ball joint. when you start to lift off the stand check it again, any play & they're done. You may wish to remove the zerk, if equipped, so you don't break it off jacking it up.