thanks for your reply. yes, i moved the suspect tire/wheel to another
sentra and
it checked fine. after that, i replaced the left halfshaft and it
seemed to help
slightly. the reason i suspected the left side is because this auto
had body
damage repair on that fender before i purchased it.
so my delema is whether to replace the inner and outer tierod (i
cannot
tell if there is any damage but there does seem to be more "play" in
the yaw direction on this wheel than the other wheel) OR to replace
the right halfshaft. the right cv joint was making noise in left
turns
when i purchased the auto but there has been no noise for at least
a year. note: both outer cv boots were badly cracked when i purchased
the auto about 5 years ago and i disassembled/cleaned/repacked and
replaced both outer boots at that time.
maybe i should replace the right halfshaft and eliminate that
possibility
before pulling the left inner/outer tierods. the halfshafts are quite
reasonable now; oreilly had a NEW left halfshaft for only 60 bucks,
no core charge requited.
On Feb 9, 8:03=A0pm, al <abuo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Feb 9, 8:14=A0pm, nucleus <rose122...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > anybody here ever done this? =A0do i need a special tool like this?
>
>
>http://www.autozone.com/R,NONAPP1074/store,3025/shopping/accessoryPro...
>
> > 96 sentra gxe with 95K miles, power steering, am trying to diagnose
> > intermittent vibration at 55mph, have replaced left halfshaft, tires
> > rebalanced.
>
> It was a fairly straightforward job on my 1987 Sentra. =A0The only
> problem was finding an appropriate wrench to get on the very big nut.
> One of my 1" adjustables just fit. =A0A set of service wrenches would
> probably have one the right size. =A0Have you moved the tires around to
> see if the vibration changes? =A0One always suspects tires/wheels
> first. =A0I'd expect a loose inner tie rod end to cause tire wear but
> not vibration as it does not rotate. =A0Good luck. =A0Al
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