Steering problems

[travis2822]

Recently I have noticed some steering problems. When driving my car pulls to the right very sharply. There is a constant vibration I believe from fighting the steering. Tires are rotated and air pressure is good. Any ideas?

[Markgc]

I'd jack it up and check the it. I'd look for broken or loose parts. I would check the wheel bearings and ball joints. I'd look for a loose or broken wheel. In fact I would take a good careful look at everything - cracked frame etc.

I wouldn't drive it like that until you get it fixed.


Mark

[travis2822]

Thank you for reply. Wheel looks good. I jacked it up and checked all steering parts with the tire on. Everything looks good. No play in the wheel. I am going to take the wheel off tonight and check it that way. How would I know if the bearing is bad also is it possible that the brake could be sticking? I don't smell anything

[Markgc]

I would check the bearing for play with vehicle jacked up. It would have to be pretty bad to give you the problems that you are seeingSee if the wheel spins easly. Check it with the engine running to make sure that the brake isn't binding but I think that would be unlikely to cause your symptons but not impossible. I saw a bad brake booster once that caused the front brakes to not release properly.

See if your wheels are running true. You might want to have the balance of the front tires check - a slipped belt or some other internal tire problem could give you bad problems. A tire shop will see this when they put it on the balancing machine. It could be a tire

Mark