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Old May 10, 2008 | 07:58 AM
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Hi guys
When driving down the highway the steering wheel seems tomove right to left alittle. Ck the front end can't seem to find a thing wrong. Need some help.
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Old May 10, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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seems like your tires may be out of balance or tires are wearing incorrectly causing vibe
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 06:33 AM
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All tires are new, balanced correct, Front end right, had this before all tires were done. Its a back and forth movement in the steering wheel, about one inch each way. Other then that the car rides straight with no movement at all. I can let go of the wheel car go straight ,but the wheel moves like I said back and forth not all the time. Lower strut bushing havesome play in them,could that be it and if so can the lowerstut bushing be had without buying the hole strut Can I get poly bushing?
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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Did you hit any potholes that could have bent something slightly?
The symptom that you discribed happened to me on my Benz and it was a control arm that needed replacing
 
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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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I would have an issue with a $2600 steering rack!! I have rebuilts for $475 plus a $300 core charge. Send you old, rebuildable rack back to us, and we credit back the $300.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 01:38 AM
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I have just had this happen- car felt like a ship in a storm- wandering all over the road. my mechanic and two others thought it was the steering rack but it turned out to be a ball joint and wishbone that need replacing- $1000 -ouch (thank god for warranties) !

Cheers,

Francesca
 
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