In my 94 Accord EX when i am turning right, slight or hard there is a vibration that i can feel. I feel like this happened to me like 10 or 20K miles ago. Why would it happen again and what is it called again? wheel bearing or something like that? I cant remember. Any advice would be great, like what it is, and how hard it is to repair. I have access to a jack.

 

Sounds like a CV joint.

 

Inspect the CV joint boots - make sure they're not torn open or something. People usually describe CV's as making clicking noises, turning either way.

It could also be a wheel bearing. Especially with it only doing it turning one way. Last bad wheel bearing I had, it felt like I had big knobby truck tires.

 

In a past life I had an old Cavalier. Once on the left, and once on the right, I had this problem when turning into those respective sides. Turned out that I had snapped the stabilizer bars on the front wheels. Luckily it was not the CV !!

 

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I agree with Tom. My car had the same problem.

When you make a left or right turn is there a clicking noise? If so, you better get it checked and change it asap before it goes out on you while driving.

 

im pretty sure it isnt a CV joint bc i thought that was charecterized mostly by the clicking, and there is no clicking, but maybe its just early in so it isnt clicking *yet* the whole big knobby truck tires thing is a good description, that is what it feel like, but only when turning to the one side

 

Well, did you look at your CV joint boots yet? We can guess all day long but you still have to go out & look. CV joint & bearing problems don't always have to sound or feel exactly like the popular descriptions.

You could grab your axle & try to wiggle it to see if anything's loose. Especially with the wheels turned in the direction that makes the noise. Lift that corner, put the car in neutral, spin the wheel. If you can get it to make the noise, try to hear exactly where it's coming from.

Are you going to fix it yourself? If not, your mechanic is going to go through something like this anyway. CV joint & axle or wheel bearing are both sorta big dirty jobs. What's the worst job you've done to a car so far?