I own a legend sedan 5 speed with 137K miles. There are a few issues I want to take care of. When i turn the wheel to the right, it's very difficult unless im at speeds above 10mph. Also, the front right tire tread has been wearing out quickly. Aside from this, unless I give it enough 'gas' the front of the car shakes quite a bit. I won't have time to get it checked until the weekend. Note: the car does not feel like it's shifting weight when i stop or go. Am i wrong to pursue checking the front right CV joint/boot? Maybe it's a motor mount? Is it preventing the steering column from working correctly? Thank you all ahead of time.
2007-11-20 10:08:59 · 6 answers · asked by Nelly 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
First thing is to get what you can get in order. Check the air pressure. If the right front is, in fact, low, it should pull to the right a bit, but that shouldn't affect turning to the right. If the tire is wearing on the right, it might also be your alignment. You can try a not-too-accurate check like this but to be sure, you need to take it in and get checked by a good tire shop/front end place. They can look at the wear pattern on your tire and tell you what the problem is. Here's my ten-minute, not-too-accurate check: Park the car with the wheels pointing straight ahead. Use something like a couple of bricks or sticks in back of the tires and tie a string so it runs along the tires, as close to centerline as possible. The string should touch both edges of the back tire and both edges of the front tire. You might have to turn the front wheels a bit to get one side straight. (From what you've told me, I'd do the left side first.) Once you've got the string showing you how close the left tire is to going straight, check the right side. I suspect you'll see that the right isn't pointing straight. That's alignment, something you shouldn't try yourself. If it's really bad, I might consider towing it to the shop, but if it's not too bad, you might try driving carefully there. And I would try to get a ride from someone until you get that checked.
If your power steering isn't working, you should experience difficulty turning the wheel in both directions, not just one. Might be, you have a problem with the hose from the power steering pump to the steering rack and pinion that helps you turn to the right but not to the left. This is something I can't help you with here, but you should discuss this with your shop. Shaking a lot could be alignment or it could be shocks, though the problem shouldn't get better with giving it gas.
I don't understand what you mean by shifting its weight when you stop of go- you mean the hood doesn't rise when you floor it and it doesn't dive when you brake?
If the right front CV joint were bad, you'd be hearing lots of noise.
Best bet- don't drive it until you get it to a shop to check it out. Be careful out there!
2007-11-20 10:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by going_for_baroque 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bit of a hard question as it involves some generalisations that may not apply. As a general rule of thumb, like one answerer said, you should get twice the milage out of a front compared to a rear but there are many variables. What type and brand of tyres are you running? If they are the same both ends, then yes you should get a 2:1 wear rate. If the front is a nice soft tyre and the rear is a sports/touring then you would probably get the same milage out of both. For example, I used to have Metzeler Pilot Road 2's front and rear. I would get 9000ks from the rear and 18000 from the front. I switched to an M3 on the front and now get about 9k from each. The loss in milage from the front is well worth the added grip from the front end. Lots of miles on a motorway with a pronounced camber will wear the right side of the front very noticably. I think your problem is pressure. You are running the front too low. It is getting too hot and is scrubbing out too much. What pressures do you run?. With my bikes (Honda VTRs) I have found that the critical thing is the difference between front and rear (must be 6psi). I can run 30/36 and vary it up to 36/42 depending on the ambient temperature and the difference in handling and wear is barely noticable (anything less than 30 in the front and I can feel the tyre start to flex in corners) Experiment with the pressures until you find the right combination that suits your bike and riding style. Another factor to consider is the rear shock. Too much spring preload will increase the wear on the front. What is your shock set at?
2016-05-24 09:04:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be lots of differnt things. Check the tie-rod. Try to move it. If it has alot of play in it then that has to be changed. Aslo check your ball joints. also maybe ur front wheel aligmnet might be messed up.
2007-11-20 10:13:27 · answer #3 · answered by John 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the air pressure in you tires and get an alignment the wheels aren't staright and are causing the problems you stated also you should get tires rotated every now and then
hope that helps
2007-11-20 11:49:23 · answer #4 · answered by NYsNumba1Man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe it is the CV boot/joint........i had an 88 acura legend and had to have both the front ones replaced.
2007-11-20 10:16:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be a tie rod tire pressure if it does not shift weight it could be a rubber mount
2007-11-20 11:43:04 · answer #6 · answered by 1999 Nissan Skyline GTR Vspec 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋