96 Intrepid Wheel Joint
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96 Intrepid Wheel Joint
Hey all!
My '96 Intrepid and I found a parking block the hard way the other night with passenger side of my car, at about 4 or 5 mph. I know my front wheel is a little out of round, I can feel the wobble when I slow to a stop, but I have a couple questions.
What's causing a clicking sound from the front passenger wheel when I go over a little bump like the divide between the cement apron and pavement when you enter a parking lot? Is one of my joints busted?
Also, when I cut the wheel a half turn to the left, and accelerate, the wheel jerks back to the middle, does that have to do with the alignment?
Lastly, say I'm driving at about 25mph, and I let off the gas. First, when I let off the gas, the car does a nose dive, and slows like something's dragging, and when I accelerate sharply, there's a "click sound" that comes from the front end. Why the drag, and what's the click?
My '96 Intrepid and I found a parking block the hard way the other night with passenger side of my car, at about 4 or 5 mph. I know my front wheel is a little out of round, I can feel the wobble when I slow to a stop, but I have a couple questions.
What's causing a clicking sound from the front passenger wheel when I go over a little bump like the divide between the cement apron and pavement when you enter a parking lot? Is one of my joints busted?
Also, when I cut the wheel a half turn to the left, and accelerate, the wheel jerks back to the middle, does that have to do with the alignment?
Lastly, say I'm driving at about 25mph, and I let off the gas. First, when I let off the gas, the car does a nose dive, and slows like something's dragging, and when I accelerate sharply, there's a "click sound" that comes from the front end. Why the drag, and what's the click?
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From: Chicoutimi Qc Canada
RE: 96 Intrepid Wheel Joint
AN easy check is for the rubber bushings for the traction bars that keep the wheel from moving back and forth. THe bushing at the end of the lower suspension member also might need replacement where it meets the half frame.
I had something like you say and all 4 bushings were really exhausted, and I could see the wheel move forward when one would accelrate from standstill, and backward on braking: clicking sound was the large end washers on traction bars that knocked the lower suspension arm when rubber collapse. Some of these washers were known to penetrate through the lower arm hole, thus extreme wheel movement. Not expensive and easy to remove lower member from the car to remove the bushings.
I had something like you say and all 4 bushings were really exhausted, and I could see the wheel move forward when one would accelrate from standstill, and backward on braking: clicking sound was the large end washers on traction bars that knocked the lower suspension arm when rubber collapse. Some of these washers were known to penetrate through the lower arm hole, thus extreme wheel movement. Not expensive and easy to remove lower member from the car to remove the bushings.
