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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 06:47 PM
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okay so their is something seriously wrong with my steering. First when i turn right or left their is loud clicking noise doesnt seem to effect much but its annoying. second i was making a u turn to the left and all of a sudden i hear a loud clanking noise and with the wheel still turned to the left the tires seemed to go to the right all on their own any ideas what this is? It is basically unsafe to drive like this for any distance. I also had a problem one day when the wheel was strait at a stop light and when i went to turn it the steering wheel wouldnt move so i turned it really hard and it made that loud clunk noise again and then it moved. If anybody has any ideas on what this could be i would sure appreciate it.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 07:07 PM
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climb under and look around see what wrong
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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i have looked underneath several times i really cant see anything that looks wrong or out of place or broken it all looks normal.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 07:15 PM
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axle u jints ok what about jacking the front end up set on jack stands and turn the wheels and then rotate the tires by hand done that yet?????
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 07:49 PM
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how can you tell if the u joints are bad and i recently rotated the front tires not trying to be a pain in the *** im no machanic and dont know much about these things.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 07:51 PM
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you no where they are
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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left and right by the wheels
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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yeah i know where they are but thats about it they look compicated to work on.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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when its jacked up turn the tires and look are the flopping around
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 11:42 PM
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if it is that do you think i could fix it myself or should i pay to have it fixed?
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