Nasty pop ,and wobble in front end?
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Nasty pop ,and wobble in front end?
The otherday i was going down the road at about 35 mph when the front end started wabbling bad!!! Slowed down went away. Got back up to speed and it was fine and have'nt felt it again yet.i noticed it wobble a little bit a couple of weeks prior to this ,but not nearly as bad.
The other thing is ive developed a pop in the steering,a pretty loud pop.i can be sitting still and make it do it all day long,and here it driving as well.
So i jacked it up,checked the ball joints,tie rod ends,drag link,trac bar,all appear to be tight and greased.
The tires are getting kind of chewed up,so i could see them maybe being out of balance or possibly having a broken belt that could cause the death wobble i felt,but i dont know what that pop is,any idea's???
The other thing is ive developed a pop in the steering,a pretty loud pop.i can be sitting still and make it do it all day long,and here it driving as well.
So i jacked it up,checked the ball joints,tie rod ends,drag link,trac bar,all appear to be tight and greased.
The tires are getting kind of chewed up,so i could see them maybe being out of balance or possibly having a broken belt that could cause the death wobble i felt,but i dont know what that pop is,any idea's???
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look at your lower control arm. to see if the front tires are rubbing on it are rubbing on it. you should see where they are cause the control arm will have a nice shiny and clean spot on it. also check the u joints on the axle shafts. or your wheel bearings.
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The ball in one of your tierod ends is popping in and out of the cup under steering pressure. That's your pop and why you don't see or feel a problem when you climb under and inspect things.
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I will check the tie rod end again and look closer at it with somebody at the wheel.i was thinking of getting a cotrol arm bushing set from quadratec.its about 70.00 bucks,any thoghts ???
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X 2 on the track bar. That thing can fool you. (72 ft. lbs.) at the bottom mount and (64 ft. lbs.) at the top.
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