Heres the problem,when I take left turns doing highway speeds i can feel

something loose on the driver side suspension. Its like a vibrating right under my

feet. I checked the shocks,put in new outer wheel bearings and checked

suspension and no luck so far. I think it might be the ball joints but want to

make sure before I spend the $$$. BTW this is my 1990 beater im talking about.

 

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Could be but Im stumped also...ive checked the ball joints and they seem fine. Im just trying to get ideas of stuff to check this weekend.

 

thanks...so you dont think a bad ball joint would vibrate like that?

 

I did what you said and the DS has a tab bit of play(the problem side)but the PS has twice as much almost feels like the lug nuts are not tight(they are though). Im thinking ball joints at the moment.

 

Kevin , When is the last time you had the tires balenced , if there reall bad you can get these symptoms but normally only at a certain speed range like only 55-65 then it fades mine did this for a couple weeks before I had the new tires put on .

If it turns out to be the joints , I can come over and help if you have all the tools .

 

Nevermind , Sounds like bearings can you pull your center cap and see if its loose (spindle nut) , or bearing is out all together .

 

I can check,feels like the bearing i guess I did not tighten the spindle nut good enough

 

make sure you torque the spindle nut to the right specs. my friend just had this issue on his dodge ram ss/t and it ended up just being that the nut was loose

 

whats the specs on the spindle nut? I was told get it snug and then back off a 1/2 turn. If you get it too tight the wheel wont turn

 

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When you shake your wheel by hand, if you look at your ball joint you can see movement if thats the problem. Just had mine replaced, i had a similar problem. when id drive straight down the freeway the drivers side wheel would shake pretty bad. Turned out to be a worn out bearing and worn lower ball joints.

 

I tighend the spindle nut a little and working good so far.

 

I am having kinda the same problem but replaced the inner and outer bearings on both sides. the problem side is the driver side it just kinda has a shake to it and you can hear it kinda rattling what do yall think??? I just went and bought the ball joint press and everything. Tell me what yall think. Thanks!!