Hi All,

Problem with my ITR, recently the front wheels have felt unbalanced, and before I went to get them re-balanced i thought I would just have a tug on the wheels and make sure there is no play......

The front left wheel when tugged at the top and NOT jacked up seems to have about a 1-2mm movement in it, I can feel it knocking backwards and forwards when push/pulled. The movement comes from the top half and upwards of the hub, almost sounds like upper ball joint.

But When I jack the wheel up and the check for play 9-3 or 12-6 there is nothing, which kinda confuses me and when i tug the wheel and place my hand round the upper balljoint I cant feel anything.

Any body got any pointers/direction?

Is there a guide that anyone has that I can work through to check suspension? Its really hard to check for movement if a wheel is off so what do you guys all do? or more importantly how.....

BTW - she has done about 70k

 

check the condition of the rubber bushings?

 

Ok will check, doesn feel like a bushing thou if you know what i mean, feels like a balljoint worn, you know like a clunk clunk rather than play in a busing.

This may sound stupid but how would you check bushings - just a visual inspection?

 

clunk =

bushing check = large screwdriver/pry bar. just try to move the bushign around and see if it clunks.

 

just wondering if it feels unbalanced all the time? or just under braking?

 

No its not under braking its around 60-70 and only very slightly when no turn is applied i.e when going straight, I actually noticed it was more pronounced after heavy acceleration, i.e when the front end is lifting.

clunk = A dull sound; a thump. A blow that produces a dull sound. To make or move with a clunk. To strike something so as to make a dull sound.

You know if a ball joint had play you could imagine moving it back and forth and hear/feel clunk clunk as it hit the side.