Front wheel wobble......as if the wheel is going to fall off....
10-06-2003, 08:57 AM
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Front wheel wobble......as if the wheel is going to fall off....
I'll try to describe this the best I can. At moderate speed (35-60mph), whenever I hit a slight undulation/ripple/pothole....my right front wheel wobbles. Best I can describe it is that the wheel feels like its going to just fall off. Sometimes it'll stop on it's own after a few seconds, otherwise it'll keep wobbling/reverberating until I either accelerate briskly or stab the brakes. And then at parking lot speeds (5-10mph) going over small bumps or when entering a driveway, I get a nice clunk from the front right....something has some "play" in it.
Blown shock would be your first thought I bet, because that's what it does feel like (I've replaced a blown shock in the rear already). That was my guess too, but I already swapped that out.... just for the fun of it apparently.
So let's assume that all suspension nuts/bolts are properly torqued, as I've R&I'd that suspension a few times now already. And as far as I can tell, all control arm ball joints are (visibly) sound.
This isn't a lower c-arm issue is it...? I know the "clunk" is a tell-tale sign of a bad lower c-arm, but haven't ever heard anyone complain of wobbling. What else could have that much "play" in it? Thanks in advance...
Andy
Blown shock would be your first thought I bet, because that's what it does feel like (I've replaced a blown shock in the rear already). That was my guess too, but I already swapped that out.... just for the fun of it apparently.
So let's assume that all suspension nuts/bolts are properly torqued, as I've R&I'd that suspension a few times now already. And as far as I can tell, all control arm ball joints are (visibly) sound.
This isn't a lower c-arm issue is it...? I know the "clunk" is a tell-tale sign of a bad lower c-arm, but haven't ever heard anyone complain of wobbling. What else could have that much "play" in it? Thanks in advance...
Andy
10-06-2003, 09:05 AM
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Bad ball joint? Jack the nose up and grasp each front wheel at the top and bottom and then attempt
to rock the top in botom out/top out bottom in. If it is a ball joint you'll have play doing this.
10-06-2003, 09:27 AM
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That's what I was thinking . . .
When my left rear went on me, the car would wobble around at speed, as if the lug nuts were loose on that wheel. There was an extra 1/4" of play in that wheel.
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10-06-2003, 09:37 AM
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My thought as well..
...since it seems to be closely related with rotation of the wheel, as when I stab the brakes I can make it stop. What's a wheel bearing run? $ How about the install? Thanks Mike..
Andy
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