I have a 99 SE-L...437,000 miles....have a bad wobble or vibration in the front end...with the car on the ground i can take my foot and push the tire and it moves...not the normal its in park movement....i can see the rotor move as well....im thinking maybe the axles? Has new tie rod ends and brakes and rotors...any help would be awesome...thanks

 

jack up the car on the frame rails one front wheel at a time and wiggle the wheel at 12 and 6 o clock then 3 and 9 o clock. play on both is usually wheel bearing, 12 and 6 is usually balljoint, 3 and 9 is usually a bad tie rod. i doubt its an axle

dont drive the car if its that loose, sounds like the wheel bearing/hub is ready to blow your wheel off if you can wiggle the rotor and wheel together. thing needs to get inspected by a mechanic ASAP

 

Ive done the wiggle test...new tie rod ends installed friday...no wiggle either way...i did notice while driving i get a clunck sound when pushing the gas pedal or letting off..easier to just replace the spindel with bearing installed or just the bearing itself?

 

wheel bearing was just a wild guess, could be anything but if you can physically move the wheel like that and its that loose, a mechanic has to look at it

 

gonna stick around here, your clunk noise is exactly what I've been chasing for a couple months now, I've done lca's tie rods both inner and outer, sway links and axles. noise still persists. my steering rack is leaking and i haven't replaced it yet, exhaust was loose af, almost all hangers broken but I've re supported it with tie wire temporarily.

haven't been able to Locate the issue

both of my front wheel bearings were replaced about two years ago by a local mechanic and the pass side just started squealing again about a month ago, can't replace it yet tho because with this car when it rains it pours and right now it's pouring

 

Ok thanks....ill probably just rebuild the front end...seems to be the easiest way to go about fixing it...i picked up a parts car for 200 the other day...

 

This is rhe first issue ive had with the car...i bought it from the original owner who was a nissan mechanic at a nissan dealership...with all the miles on the car its in great shape mechanically until now...going to swap spindles tomorrow and see if that helps....ill keep this updated until i figure it out

 

Update....lifted the car....no wobble or wiggle with wheel off the ground...not at 6 and 12 or 3 and 9...when i set the car back down....it wiggles....im thinking lower control arm and ball joint possibly?

 

Alright...just remembered some more info...i also have wheel spacers that are not hub centric....just ordered some hubcentric rings....to make sure the spacers are centered correctly...ill update after they get installed

 

thread moved to the appropriate forum

 

check the tightening nuts on your inner tie rods, another member just had the clunking noise and determined that was the cause

 

Thanks for the info...will check them in the morning