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Old 07-30-2012, 09:49 AM
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Can you turn a wheel left/right by hand after you have the car jacked up? Because I can't turn it. The left wheel turned freely but not the right wheel.

Note. I did not use the steering wheel to turned it.
 

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Old 07-30-2012, 09:54 AM
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If one wheel can turn freely, the other is not, what problems do I have?
 

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Do you mean you can't spin the wheel or you can't turn it side to side?
 
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Old 07-30-2012, 04:40 PM
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Do you mean you can't spin the wheel or you can't turn it side to side?
I can't turn it side to side. It's hard to do so, and it won't turn as much.
 

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Old 07-30-2012, 06:01 PM
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Could be a tie rod end, ball joint or a strut mount. Something like that possibly? Is it causing any problems with your steering?
 
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Originally Posted by Moparkyle
Could be a tie rod end, ball joint or a strut mount. Something like that possibly? Is it causing any problems with your steering?
I created a thread on this forum not long ago. It's about my car like to jerk (like the wheel suddenly got locked for a second) when it's turning, and when changing gears. It only jerk like that when turning (sharp turn corners only), but not usually on a straight road.

I still have that problem, plus I sometime feel like the car hop in a weird way when driving on a rough road (It feel like I'm driving on a flat tire).

Other than that, the car turned fine, no unusually noises.

Some people said I have a transmission problem, or differential problem that caused my car to jerk but I don't think it's that. My car only jerk when it's turning, and changing gears so it has to be the cv joint, wheel bearing, suspension, or steering system.

I thought I have a bad wheel bearing, but it does not appear to be that. Instead I found out the right wheel is not turning. It won't turn as much, and turn freely like the left wheel.
 

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Old 07-30-2012, 08:02 PM
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I'm thinking the right axle cv joint is going out. It causes the car to jerk and the wheel hard to turn.

What do you think?
 

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I'm not sure if the CV would cause a hard steer, but like I always say, anything is possible.
 
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Originally Posted by Moparkyle
I'm not sure if the CV would cause a hard steer, but like I always say, anything is possible.
Yes, it is hard to believe a bad CV joint with no grease would cause that. I'm sort of read that from another forum.

The next possible thing I can thing of is the steering system like a tie rod that causes a wheel not to turn (left/right/straight) property.
On a straight way, if one wheel is going straight (straight direction), the other is going/pointing to the inner side, that would cause my car to hop, and I sometime feel like I'm running on a flat tire, but this does not explain why my car jerk when turning, plus my car does not pull to a side like if I have bad alignment.

Like you said "anything is possible".
I just need to link them together. One problem caused all.
I will have them check out.

Thank you.
 

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