need help wheel is loose

danielc24 · Post by **danielc24** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:38 am

i have a base 2002 atx and when i'm driving straight it feels like something is loose, and when i turn a little bit it stops. My front passenger wheel moves a good amount.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:00 pm

Tighten the bolts

Your bearings could be shot. Pretty much, if your bolts are tight lift the wheel off the ground and if you can move it in and out and side to side giving you "Play" on the wheel then your bearings are shot.

to do the job yourself you'll need a press. The replacement bearings should cost about 30 bux a piece. otherwise you'll have to have a shop do it and that can be a bit pricey

danielc24 · Post by **danielc24** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:16 pm

a press for what? How much different is the front from the rear? i just replaced a rear bearing/hub

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:57 pm

Jack your car up in the air with the affected side off the ground.

Put one hand on top of the wheel (palm to tire) and the other hand on the lower part of the wheel (palm to tire). Then push your top hand in and your bottom hand out, then vice versa. Shimmy it back and forth. If you have play...your Hub bearing is bad.

danielc24 · Post by **danielc24** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:23 pm

it's definately bad

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:05 pm

Thats probably whats causing your wobble. For an SRT its like $200 w/parts to install at the dealer.

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:44 pm

Is the wheel tight?
How are the bushings?

Take the wheel off and see if you can move the hub without it if so then the bearings are probably bad. If not it could be the LCA bushing

danielc24 · Post by **danielc24** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:40 pm

I dont think it's my bearing, this seems to be loose.

I can move it up and down quite a bit.

jT · Post by jT » Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:05 pm

hansken_yo wrote:The replacement bearings should cost about 30 bux a piece.

where you getting them at $30/ea? autozone and advanced auto parts are $60-70 range.

i saw one online for about $40..

i need to do one of my bearings AGAIN (3rd time, getting sick of this shit, at $50 a pop to press them in, plus cost of bearing).

danielc24 · Post by **danielc24** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:37 pm

autozone has them for 35 i think but can anyone help me with this? is the bushing bad?

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:19 pm

jT wrote:
hansken_yo wrote:The replacement bearings should cost about 30 bux a piece.
where you getting them at $30/ea? autozone and advanced auto parts are $60-70 range.

i saw one online for about $40..

i need to do one of my bearings AGAIN (3rd time, getting sick of this shit, at $50 a pop to press them in, plus cost of bearing).

Schucks//Kragen//Checkers

Paid about 29plus tax. Then my bro-n-law has a press so I did the work myself.

gilly02le · Post by **gilly02le** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:22 pm

you have a bad tie rod end. Mine was bad on the driver side and had the same problems, if i kicked the front or back of the wheel, the whole rim shook.. a new tie rod end and a half hour work on my part, solved that problem

orangeblast05 · Post by **orangeblast05** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:17 pm

i had a same problem i bought bearing for the driver side and when it was gonna be replace we notice that it wasnt the bearing it was the spindel its self that was messed up.