My car was making bad popping noises from the passenger side of the car and was shaking bad. My first thought on the shaking was the tie rods or the ball joints but it got better when I replaced the cv axle.

It still shakes a little but I also need to replace the other axle because it is popping too but didnt notice it before because the other one was so bad.

I noticed the other day when I took my fender off to change it that the tires were worn on the inside and outside edges(the feather type wear where the tread is raised a little from one part to the next)...can bad cv joints cause this wear? I am planning on doing all of the suspension later anyway but was just wandering about this.

The tires aren't worn that much and I am going to fix whatever it is before I drive it any more because the tires are brand new and I dont want to mess them up any more than they already are.

I did a quick search (not thourough just a few key words) and wanted to go ahead and get this up and see what anyone thought.
Thanks,
Michael

 

What's up man? I don't think a bad cv can really cause uneven tire wear. It's probably more in the lines of alignment or maybe tire pressure. How does the car drive? Straight but just the vibration? I would rotate the tires to the back and see if the vibs to away. This way you can isolate the problem to the suspension or maybe an out of balance tire(since they are worn odd) It could also be a worn tie-rod or worn control arm bushings. An alignment check could be in order here.

 

Thanks Jeff, Thats what I was thinking (suspension) and am going to do a little more looking this weekend when I swap the other axle. Tire pressure is good and the car drives straight it just vibrates. Man I hope its not the control arm bushings...you cant replace just the bushings can you?

It did this before I got the new tires and wheels and I was hoping it was the old tires causing it.

The vibration did get better when I replaced the axle but didn't go away completely.

I guess I was just hoping it could be the cv since I am going to replace it anyway and wanted to drive it this weekend since I will have the front end (body) fixed...well except the hood.

 

It's very hard to replace control arm bushings. If they are bad, you have to break down and replace the whole piece. I hope worst case would be a bad tie rod. I think there is another ball joint under the bottom of the strut assembly also that might go bad. Can't remember the name though

 

usually the scalloped tires are caused by hard driving.. braking/acceleration during cornering, and stuff like that. it can also be an alignment problem, but is usually caused by hard driving.

 

Thanks again...it looks like I will be doing more this weekend than I had planed.

 

You would know.

 

you gotta problem with it, Jeffy?

btw.. you owe me $28 in postage. box should be there tomorrow.

 

Okay. Email me where you want the ignots sent to.

 

check your .org mail, Jeffy.

 

Matt, your new sig is kick ***

 

Thanks.. JustinMC took that shot (and about 3 rolls of others) back about November last year. I had it posted in my profile for a long time, but just now got around to sticking it on my sig file.

 

This might sound silly, but sims66 did you have the camber adjusted (four wheel alignment) after you got your suspension done?

 

who is sims66 j/k

The car was already lowered when I got it. I will be taking it to the alignment shop soon to have it all checked.

The tires that were on the car had no uneven wear pattern except on the back where the inside was a little more worn than the outside.