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Old 05-11-2003, 02:15 PM
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Default I can feel my steering wheel sort of click or move when I engage my brakes...

I have been noticing this for a while now, but when I am just coasting or cruising at normal speeds (when I feel it most) and I apply he brakes moderately hard I can feel a slight jerk in my steering wheel. It feels like it's coming through the steering wheel or something. Any ideas???
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Probably a worn lower control arm. I have a similar thing on my 98.5..
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Nope, they are all pretty much perfect... had them checked out about a month ago
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Default how long since you did the brakes?....long

did you glue the pads on? my brakes have 74Kmi on them and i think the pads have come loose. they have this kind of two stage thing going on that you can feel through the steering wheel. i'm thinking this is caused bey real thin pads.
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about a week it became noticable after I had the sport shocks and springs installed
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Default So you just went from non sport to sport? Did whoever did the work re-zero the inner bushings for..

the control arms? By that I mean loosen, and retorque the bolts with the suspension under load? If not, you may have a problem with your inner bushings. If so, maybe there is something loose..
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I did go from non-sport to sport.... how can I check if this is the case?
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Default you can't really.. You just have to know if it was or not.. Ask the guys that did the work..

You could look to see if the inner bushings were being overly twisted, but I would think it would be really hard to see with the car on the ground.
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I'll check it out when I get a chance,
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