garthfan

Hey folks!

When I drove the '44 home from Chicago last month, I noticed that the front end was a little "loose". Can't really describe it any better than that...feels great going straight down the road, but when I turn the steering wheel even just a little it feels like the front wheel that's on the inside of the turning radius wants to just buckle under.

Any ideas on this? I noticed this problem before I put the wheel spacers on all four corners and I don't really think it's any worse after the installation. Also, I just put four new tires on her and -as far as alignment goes- she maintains a good track going down the road.

So what do you think? Bad tie-rod-ends? Give me some ideas before I tear apart the front-end.

Thanks!

Jeremy

Serge944

Either tie rods or steering shaft. The latter is prone to u-joint failure.

Manning

What Sergey said. And you may also want to think about how old and worn the strut inserts are as well as upper strut bearings. I had as similar experience on my car and it turned out that the Koni yellows I had on the car were so toasted that they actually allowed camber change under load in corners. Very unnerving.

car_slave

I'm having the same problem, I think my inner tie rods may be bad. How do you check for a bad steering u-joint?

RMills944

you may want to check ball joints while you're in there.

Serge944

Grab the u-joints and see if theres any play. Also turn the wheels with your feet while you hold the shaft and see if theres any play (with the car jacked up).

Mike C.

I did have inner tie rods wear out (become noticeably sloppy) at around 150K miles.