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I had a similar mystery, traced it down to the bushing caps, the small cast aluminum piece that fits in between the front bushing of the front control arm and the subframe. Inspect these VERY carefully, top and bottom, for cracks; when I poked at a broken one, it fell apart in front of me, even though it looked fine before I poked. The feel of driving with a cracked bushing cap is similar to worn out balljoints because it allows the suspension to shift sideways. Given the cheap price, you might want to replace all four of these, as they will all eventually fail (mine did).
I'm still questioning the wisdom of making a high impact suspension piece like this out of cast aluminum.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Dangerous Steering Problem/Mystery - need help!, Paul Davis, Sat, 22 May 2010 08:49:23
- Bushing Caps?, Bill Homer , Sun, 23 May 2010 19:37:51 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Dangerous Steering Problem, BobS, Sun, 23 May 2010 08:31:34
- CV. nm, Simon S, Sat, 22 May 2010 09:09:10
- Re: CV, Paul D, Sat, 22 May 2010 23:23:43
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