yay!
i think something else is broken on my car!
ok i know my tie rod boots are torn, and i am going to replace those.
here is what is wrong. my steering seems fine no noises or and thing when i am going or turning but when i go over a small bump going spetty slow there is a thump sound and if i wobble my sterring wheel while my car is on the ground there is a thump every time that i turn it one way and then the other. and sometimes when i brake hard my there is a loud thump coming from the front of the car. pleas etell me what this is, please

 

is the car lowered? how many miles?

 

could be your ball joints

 

yeah the car is lowered and it has 174 thousand some odd miles

 

ttt

 

what does it mean when you raise your car off the ground and you can wobble the wheel up and down a little bit?

 

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your balljoints (upper and lower) are toast. replace them

 

are the lower ball joints the same for a manual rack and a power steering rack because there was only ball joints for the power steering rack at advance auto.
i will take a picture of all the crap that is wrong tommarow.


Modified by Yellb16crxsi at 2:11 AM 5/6/2003

 

im talking upper and lower knuckle ball joints. your tie rods are prolly crap as well. but the excesive wheel play is a result of worn upper and lower knuckle joints

 

ok so should i go back to advance auto and ask for upper and lower knuckle ball joints

 

I'd go to the dealership and get all OEM parts. I strongly believe in factory ball joints and tie rods and wheel bearings. I spent around 600 to rebuild the front suspension. New axles, wheel bearings, upper and lower ball joints and tie rods. The difference it made was unreal. Now steering respose is crisp. I also had a front end clunk over certain bumps. It was gone after the rebuild. You will need to do a rebuild soon. I has about 180K when everything went to hell. Got a few pics too.

 

yeah man I just rebuilt my front end as well. The car had 168K on it. Thats about the time its gonna last. I just did the Energy Suspension bushings, OEM tie rod ends, eibachs, and tokico adj. Rides like a dream now.

 

A phat where you get those rotors and how much?