wheel wobble

**whiteautogsx** · February 24th, 2006, 01:37 PM

recently, i've felt a little wobble in my front/driver-side wheel so i jacked the car up on that side to check it out. it seems that i can move the wheel left or right about one centimeter without the steering wheel moving. i'm thinking the problem could be in the rack and pinion. i checked the ball joints already and they look fine. has anyone run into this before?

**EuroEclipse** · February 24th, 2006, 01:42 PM

try tightening your lug nuts? that's just my guess. (refer to previous post about my brain being fried from work.)

**BenGSX** · February 24th, 2006, 02:16 PM

If you grab the top and bottom of the wheel and give it a shake does it move? If so it would be wheel bearing..

**whiteautogsx** · February 25th, 2006, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by BenGSX

If you grab the top and bottom of the wheel and give it a shake does it move? If so it would be wheel bearing..

tried that, it only moves left or right. my lugs are all tight too, the whole hub moves left or right. i hope its not the rack and pinion cause a rebuit one is $270 from autozone... and its $998 new from satan. :evil:

**OldDirtyNoSeven** · February 25th, 2006, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by whiteautogsx

Originally Posted by BenGSX

If you grab the top and bottom of the wheel and give it a shake does it move? If so it would be wheel bearing..

tried that, it only moves left or right. my lugs are all tight too, the whole hub moves left or right. i hope its not the rack and pinion cause a rebuit one is $270 from autozone... and its $998 new from satan. :evil:

or $50 from me :D

is not the price its the pain in the butt changing that thing is!!

**whiteautogsx** · February 25th, 2006, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by OldDirtyNoSeven

Originally Posted by whiteautogsx

Originally Posted by BenGSX

If you grab the top and bottom of the wheel and give it a shake does it move? If so it would be wheel bearing..

tried that, it only moves left or right. my lugs are all tight too, the whole hub moves left or right. i hope its not the rack and pinion cause a rebuit one is $270 from autozone... and its $998 new from satan. :evil:

or $50 from me :D

is not the price its the pain in the butt changing that thing is!!

so you think that's what the problem might be?

**OldDirtyNoSeven** · February 25th, 2006, 01:54 PM

Well if your knuckle is moving with the wheel and your tie rod ball joint is tight and the steering wheel is not moving the rack is all there is left to cause the problem.

Oh we don't sell to many racks

**DROOPY209** · February 25th, 2006, 08:49 PM

I think the auto repair software I saw says it takes about 8 hours of labor to change out the rack & pinion on a 2g GSX.

On my 1g awd it said it was gunna take 7 hours.

Keep in mind it also said it was gunna take 6 hours to change my clutch, and I changed it by myself in less then 2 hours with no air tools or lift.

Those repair manuals exaggerate a bit on the labor hours.

**whiteautogsx** · February 25th, 2006, 11:37 PM

thanks for all the replies. i'm going to check the tie rod ball-joints and i'll post back. yea, it seemed odd that the rack might be going out since i havent found it on any vfaqs to be a common problem on dsms.

**whiteautogsx** · March 1st, 2006, 06:38 PM

update: the problem ended up being the tie rod ball joint. easy fix, semi-expensive part though.

Thread: wheel wobble

LinkBack

Thread Tools

wheel wobble

Similar Threads

wheel question

Control Arms/Wheel Bearing

wheel and tire sizing

Quick front wheel bearing question!

Re-chrome a wheel?

Posting Permissions