shlammed

Got my upper control arms changed cuz my upper balljoints were gone and it HAS improved BUT my car still has a little wiggle to it. Now I'm ******* pissed cuz i dont know where to look next. I know my tires are **** and unbalanced, but i think it might be cuz my shocks are too **** for my springs.

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

wiggle, as in there is play in the steering wheel?

Tie rods and/or steering rack are the next places to look.

imported_gatherer

or another method is to come to a meet and have someone else (that understands wiggles and shakes...) drive the car.... and tell you whats wrong

did you go for an alignment after getting them changed? how's the lower ball joints?

imported_Cablerat

go to like gilman auto for alignment, they will tell you if your tierods or rack is shot.. cuz i remember my one tierod was gone on an old car and they were like we can't align this **** until u replace the tierod..

imported_Torrey

I recently developed the same issue... when I get my car back I'm going to 1st rebalance my wheels. Then I'm going to get my buddy to look at it for me.

I'd imagine manual steering racks wouldnt cost that much if it came down to it.

imported_zc_hatch

so the wheels i got from you are not the one that are unbalanced right?

shlammed

sorry guys i forgot to mention that i just came back from duffferin/dupont alignment (they only charged me $40 woohoo!) and got my **** aligned and it still wiggles.

Bruno - yes, sometimes I can feel (while holding the steering wheel) like every move my suspension is making. If I'm on the highway and I go over a series of bumps at high speed my car literally wiggles left to right and sometimes over uneven road one side of the car will dip following the road and the other wont and it feels all fucked up. When he checked to see if they can even do the alignment he said everything else looks good. But im assuming they only check what they need to be good for an alignment. So now im all stumped like a ******* TREEE.

shlammed

**** now that you guys mention steering rack...come to think of it even after having my front wheels aligned...when i drive straight my steering wheel is pointing to the left by an inch or two....is that another sign of it being the steering rack? thank god i found these $45 control arms i woulda been pissed if i spent $200 on honda's.

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

your wheel points all crooked while the car goes straight?? dear god, that's not a very good alignemnt... I know what you mean about the wandering of the car. It's very likely that your steering rack is gone, but before you spend more money on it, go to a real front end shop that is actually reputable, and ask them their opinion. Another $60 for them to look at it now will save you money in the long run. wheel and tire zone has a good reputation.

punkindrublic

maybe the tires are unbalanced? my car is smooth as a 12 year olds a$$ until you hit like 150-160 and it all goes to ****

imported_Torrey

"I recently developed the same issue... when I get my car back I'm going to 1st rebalance my wheels. Then I'm going to get my buddy to look at it for me.

I'd imagine manual steering racks wouldnt cost that much if it came down to it."

Look at the part where I said RECENTLY... ****

Back to the thread, I'm willing to bet my LCA bushing is toast.

shlammed

dufferin/dupont alignment has a good reputation too.

shlammed

i just took the car to wheel and tire and one of the guys drove my car around...he said it's not terribly bad and i should get a 4 wheel alignment re-done...and he also thinks my rear shocks need to be upgraded to koni red's or something and my front are 'acceptable'

imported_civic_fan

if your steering wheel is crooked, chances are youve got a bent part somewhere....did you hit anything in the past? like a curb or something?

As for this:

check the speed rating on your tires....or maybe your tires are unbalanced

imported_gatherer

who checked out the car? (is your car lowered? is it lowered on stock shocks?)

shlammed

one of the guys at wheel and tire zone drove it around mississauga and its eibach sportlines on shitty but only 1.5 month old kyb gr2's