3800 Wheel Wobble

[got3800.com]

Hey guys, so when i had my car up today, i checked the wheels out (ive been havin some noise recently)....

my question to you is this....if i can shake the wheel left and right AND up and down would this be a lower ball joint on the control arm needing replacing?

checked the driver side and its solid as a rock....should i do both at the same time though?

thanks.

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[Wessel]

most likely a ball joint bud.

 

[DaytonaGTP25]

its your balls..... you need new ones, and might as well do both because if ones bad the other isnt far behind it...

 

[smknL67]

up and down movement is the hub bearing. I had the same one go out twice. Do not use the murrays hub they will go bad fast! Side to side movement will be your tie rod or inner tie rod, you will be able to see the play. IF you decide to take off your own tie rods please count the turns going out, so when you put the new one in you will not create un even wear, even though you will need an alignment.

 

[imported_Ron Vogel]

Hub.

 

[Wessel]

got my hub from pep boys. Pretty good quality.

 

[got3800.com]

ok heres the thing though, typically when a hub goes out you will have some sort of knocking or sound....currently i have nothing..

also, i JUST replaced the tie rod ends (MOOG) as well as the wheel hubs...not even 2 months ago.....

 

[Sinister Drag Designs]

what brand hub did you use, there are very few companys that make quality hubs for our cars.

 

[got3800.com]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SINr247 @ Apr 19 2008, 05:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

what brand hub did you use, there are very few companys that make quality hubs for our cars.[/b]

 

[got3800.com]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (got3800.com @ Apr 19 2008, 07:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SINr247 @ Apr 19 2008, 05:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

what brand hub did you use, there are very few companys that make quality hubs for our cars.[/b]

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i have no clue what happen....what i had said is:

honestly i dont know what was used, whatever work paid for for me was what i took, free > quality (when it comes to the car not working and me not having cash to use) so is there anywhere i can look that would tell me about this?

 

[SaturdaysGS]

Hub, inners, outers, balljoints. Could be those things. Look at what is moving, that SHOULDNT be moving when you move the wheel left/right up/down.

Hubs dont have to growl or do anything funky to have play in them. I see it all the time at work, especially on GM's.

 

[Royalgtp]

up and down movement equals hubs...

Side to side is tie rod ends.....

To check ball joints I like to get teh front end up in the air and use a prybar and levarge to see how much the ball joint moves when torquing the control arm area....

 

[got3800.com]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RoyalGTP @ Apr 24 2008, 10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

To check ball joints I like to get teh front end up in the air and use a prybar and levarge to see how much the ball joint moves when torquing the control arm area....[/b]

Where excactly do you pry?

 

[got3800.com]

so i want to apoligize to all of you when i insisted that i "just replaced the hubs"

well it is true that i did just replace them, it is also true that the passenger side is f'ed up.....

good thing is that its under warrenty and im getting it fixed for free!!!! bo ya!

also, because of the inconvience, the guy is going to do my alignment and fix my camber issues (because of lowering) for only $100 total, materials and all...