Johnny9595

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Just got done installing my front 2 SenSen struts on my 96 i30 the steering wheel before was always slightly tilted to the left and after it still was. When I was driving it after it would self align itself to neutral as if it where perfect. Then when i would maintain speed or slow down the steering wheel would jerk back to where it was before and I would swerve slightly to the right. When ever i would come to a complete stop it would go back to straight and jerk everytime.

pmohr

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I can only assume you shook down the front end after you were done replacing the struts, but have you checked your LCA bushings?

A lot of the time an acceleration/braking induced pull is caused by bad LCA bushings, but it can be any loose/worn suspension/steering component.

Reality sucks

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Yes, Go pay for a quality alignment....

ac max 92

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Most definately an alignment. It's rule of thumb after changing any suspension components to get an alignment and any good shop that does a quality 4 wheel alignment will look over your suspension while in for your alignment and suggest any repairs ie bushings, control arms, tie rod ends etc. they may even suggest any other worn parts that need to be changed that may affect camber or toe before doing the alignment so your only spending your money on a proper alignment one time.

Johnny9595

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would there need to be any other parts other than the lca bushing that i should look at that cause me trouble?

pmohr

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...yes.

Reality sucks

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You must sell Insurance.....

ac max 92

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Definately dont sell insurance but maybe im in the wrong line of work lol. I was just trying to tell johnny 9595 that there could be a number of things causing his issue being suspension related and that the best thing he could do is take it in for an alignment to a decent shop that will look it over before doing an alignment cause there's lots out there that probably have no issue taking your money and doing your alignment just to possibly have the same issues after

Johnny9595

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After driving again their is a noise like a clunk or something similar that happens after I brake or maintain speed and at that exact time the steering wheel jerks. Ill have a friend take a look and hopefully diagnose the problem.

rexrodriguez

Check your passenger side ball joint and lower control arm bushing then get an alignment for sure

ac max 92

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Did you have your friend diagnose your clunking and steering issue yet? Another thing you may want to check is to see if one of your calipers is possibly seizing or acting up aswell. You should probably take it to your garage for an alignment and they should be able to tell you before doing the alignment what your issue is

jfactor

I second this. I had an identical but worse issue, rubber in my passenger front LCA bushing had completely disintigrated and the clunking and jerking was unbearable.

snail

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will caused your car to pull to right or left or increased tires wear. Your issue sound more of a problem in bushing (LCA or tie rod or the strut upper). Do you hear clunking sound too?

Patm-a32

Definetly allignment, should always do after working with front suspension

S1cTech

psh all you need is a long string hahaha

Johnny9595

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Yes I hear a clunk as I maintain speed or slow down. That's the exact time the wheel turns as well. Is the lac and tie rod fix simple?

jfactor

LCA will require a press to remove the bushing if it's a oem style rubber bushing. I recommend replacing the bushings with polyurethane, Energy Suspension makes some good poly bushings for our cars and you don't need a press to put them on.

I actually replaced the no longer existent rubber in my front passenger bushing with duck tape just so I could get to work and back for a couple of days until I could get it to the shop. Handling wasn't perfect but it actually held up extremely well that couple of days. Insane I know but it worked.

99zx2

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wiggle the wheel and watch the rack to make sure it's not sliding side-to-side also.

Johnny9595

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The wheel moves side to side and I located the movement to the lca bushing. How would I go about replacing it?

Max_Gator

Replacing the lca bushing typically means replacing the lca. You can do what I did and replace both bushings in the lca with ES bushings but you've got to do some extra work for that.

Generally, people replace the entire lca. That should fix both bad ball joints and bushings. My word of caution is that most aftermarket parts are crap. I went with Napa's good stuff to replace mine. Crap. I kept the lca's so now just need to install new ones.

If you DIY it is typically a pain and dirty. I would change out everything at the same time. inner and outer tie rods, along with new lcas or retrofitted ones with good ball joints and ES bushings. Although I've seen people around here do it without a press, I just took mine to a machine shop.

Johnny9595

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was going to purchase that to see how long that fix was going to last me. I was asking direct steps to take it off as im pretty new to car work. was this bushing simila to the one you purchased?

Johnny9595

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Also would i need a press if i use that type of bushing?

Johnny9595

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or this type of bushing?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/501-Armstron...9e24c1&vxp=mtr