Sorry Al, but bad inner tie rods WILL cause vibration, and I have had
the same experience nucleus wrote about on one of my cars too.
You can move the wheel in and out with the steering wheel locked and see
the play. You can see it better by popping off the boot. Sometimes these
buggers are well hidden and it takes some work to remove them when you
dont spend the money for a special tool.
-Speedy
al wrote:
> On Feb 9, 8:14 pm, nucleus <rose122...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> anybody here ever done this? do 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. The only
> problem was finding an appropriate wrench to get on the very big nut.
> One of my 1" adjustables just fit. A set of service wrenches would
> probably have one the right size. Have you moved the tires around to
> see if the vibration changes? One always suspects tires/wheels
> first. I'd expect a loose inner tie rod end to cause tire wear but
> not vibration as it does not rotate. Good luck. Al
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