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Dean · 2005-12-30, 08:53 AM

Sound is bad long before you can feel it. That sounds like tie rod or ball joint.

Jack up one corner and push/pull the top/bottom of the wheel/tire. Wheel bearing will allow movement while the strut stays still. ball joint the strut moves, and side to side slop is tie rod, or possibly steering rack bushings.

Other bushings could be going as well, but those are the biggies.

2005-12-30, 08:53 AM	#9
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Sound is bad long before you can feel it. That sounds like tie rod or ball joint. Jack up one corner and push/pull the top/bottom of the wheel/tire. Wheel bearing will allow movement while the strut stays still. ball joint the strut moves, and side to side slop is tie rod, or possibly steering rack bushings. Other bushings could be going as well, but those are the biggies. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...