steering wheel wobble

[karl1989]

hi guys just a quick question. recently ive noticed when i set of if i dont touch the steering wheel it steers left and right and when turning left i can feel it try to pull back abit. could this be tracking or a wheel bearing?. my tracking is out but it was out before it started.

cheers karl

[Just Sean]

Sounds like chronic torque steer

[karl1989]

happens when doing between 0 and 20mph ive noticed. not noticed when going over

[Matt]

Tyre pressures okay?

[karl1989]

ye mate. what should they be at actually?. they 205/45 R16's

[kernow_joe]

Could be a number of things. P bushes, wheel bearing could cause wobbling. In balanced wheels, ball joints, Dodge tyre pressure, what have you checked/ replaced?

[samass]

P bushes would be my guess

[306__xrdt]

I would quess to wheel bearing

[kernow_joe]

Well wheel bearing can cause it to wobble, I have just replaced mine and it's fixed the wobble, but wouldn't be my first place to look.
Start with the easiest to diagnose/ fix

[karl1989]

i checked the wheel has 9-3 movement on the drivers side. i fitted new track rod ends and ball joints and a bottom arm in july. one lower ball joint has a split rubber.

[Poodle]

One wishbone......?! Always replace them in pairs, same as anything else chassis-wise. Guessing the parts were cheap if one of the ball joints has a split rubber already..?

If it's 9-3 movement it won't be your ball joints. First thing i'd be checking is wishbones/bushes, then track rods and TREs. They're easy enough to diagnose, so should know what's at fault by the time you're done.

[kernow_joe]

Guessing the parts were cheap if one of the ball joints has a split rubber already..?

got to totally disagree here, is easy to split a boot by not fitting correctly/not really thinking what you're doing, my meyle hd boot split after having driven the car twice all of about 6 miles. but I think this was down to jacking from ball joint without a split pin .....
if the ball joint is still good pack some more grease and fit a new boot can get them for a few quid, would imagine it would dry out/get f*cked pretty quick if its been driven around split though.

you should be able to feel where the movement is coming from ie at the hub(wheel bearing) or from the arm, more likely P bush, but these wouldn't cause vibration more random direction change mid corner

for new boot try here http://www.balljointboots.co.uk/ cheaper than getting a new one and not as wasteful

[Poodle]

Fair shout. Just remembered some people have problems with wishbones snapping by the p bush, so check that too.

[karl1989]

well checked the car tonight. ball joints are fine. drivers side has play in wheel left to right and up and down. also think the P-bush has gone or going. tried to get a pic





pics not perfect

[Poodle]

Yeah that looks pretty wrecked...

[Kwik]

that looks like it's torn internally

[karl1989]

sorted it. was the front wheel. weight must have some how come of. swaped it for one on the back and hey presto it worked

[Poodle]

That wishbone is still wrecked, please tell me you're replacing it.

[THE_Liam]

I'm a genius