- Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:01 pm
#303118
I can't tell cuz the camera is moving too much. With the wheels off the ground, grasp the wheel at the top and bottom. It should not rock at all. If it does, tighten the axle nut down until the wheel bearing bottoms out. You will have to put the wheel on the ground but still have most of the weight of the car jacked up. You just want to stop the wheel from rotating but you need to allow the hub to tighten down. Then get a breaker bar and put all your weight on it tightening down the axle nut. You will feel the wheel bearing seat down.
If that doesn't fix it then you could have bad ball joints or a bad wheel bearing.
Some movement from side to side is allowable play in the steering but it should not be excessive.