white4d96 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Okay, so my car's developed a hard pull to the right, like, let go of the wheel, meet ditch hard. On left turns and hard throttle it develops a click/clunk that increases with vehicle speed. I also noticed at higher speeds that it sounds almost like I have a flat tire, and I feel a steady vibration in the floorboard, but not the wheel. I jacked the right front up at work and it seems to be solid, not loose like a ball joint or wheel bearing failure. CV shaft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 If theres more vibration on acceleration then when coasting, theres a good chance its a shaft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Okay, so it would be a fair bet to replace the halfshaft? I do believe it is original to the car, and at 150k the actual joint popped apart in a ball joint failure, but I was able to reassemble it. Recalling that, I am surprised it has lasted another 22k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I would go ahead and replace it... However, Im am not seeing a way that the halfshaft could cause a pull to one side, the noises you mentioned though and vibration both sound like a bad shaft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremerevolution Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Check the wheel hubs too. This will definitely cause what you're experiencing. Sent from my HTC Awesome using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BXX Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I would go ahead and replace it... However, Im am not seeing a way that the halfshaft could cause a pull to one side, the noises you mentioned though and vibration both sound like a bad shaft Worn/dry halfshafts love to cause binding issues, which cause a pull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 If it was a wheel bearing the wheel would have play up and down, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremerevolution Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 If it was a wheel bearing the wheel would have play up and down, right? yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec_b Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Not necessarily. Both front wheel bearings in my GP are so loud I have to crank the radio up just to ignore it. I can feel it in the pedals, floor, and steering wheel. Neither one is loose at all, not even a little, and I've checked them several times since I got the car. Mine doesn't pull either. You need to give it a good shake down and find out what's really going on under there. Half shafts aren't exactly common on GM cars unless something punctures the boot or it leaks out the grease between the boot and the end of the half shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Well, like I said, I had that axle get ripped apart when I lost a ball joint like 2 years ago, so I'm not surprised it failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec_b Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Ah that would make sense, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpchris Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Mine would viberate slightly with heavy acceleration. After a while it started making a clunk over bumps and around turns. And finally it started to shake violently and make the car wobble like a mf. By the time I got around to changing it it was pretty much holding on by the chucks of metal being held in by the boot ah hah Click/clunks over bumps and around turns are almost always ballpoints though. Balljoint knock is quiet but very dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted January 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I learned about ball joints the hard way. Last time I took my dad's advice. "It's just a strut bushing, you'll be fine." Not 10 miles later I was calling for a tow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 So, uh...I'm an idiot. Apparently my pull and horrific noise was due to a loose left front wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Cheap fix ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec_b Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Unless the loose wheel took out the studs and oblonged the holes in the rim... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 well 50 miles on the winter tires and no issues it seems. Gotta retorque my spacers sometime this week though, just to be on the safe side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremerevolution Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mach 5 Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 super torque tighten dat shit!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 super torque tighten dat shit!! More like don't forget to retorque dat shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpchris Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 So, uh...I'm an idiot. Apparently my pull and horrific noise was due to a loose left front wheel. Haha been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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