IM Buddy8
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Right after I did my alignment on... Monday the 25th I was coming up my street up a hill about 3,000 RPM's and when I turned left at about 3 quarters of the way turned to the left it got hard to turn and kinda stuck where I put it past there.
I noticed that it doesn't get like that if I'm sitting still at a stop and I also noticed it is worse if I'm giving it gas around a sharp left hand 90degree angle turn like that.
Well, I was thinking it was my power steering pump because it allready jerks while on like on ramps or exit ramps it kinda wobbles unless I hold it steady. Think the vaps is screwy gets easy then hard to turn around ramps but anyways I didn't mind when it was doing that but when the steering was hard and sticky it concerned me.
I left work today and got on it just a little bit my work is like an eigth of a mile from parking spot to driveway.. anyways I was going down the hill down the road got on it for like 1 second and then started slowin down for my street and heard a clunk noise a couple times sounded like runnning over a chunk of ice about the size of a snowball best way I can describe noise.. Then I actually felt the stiff steering while taking a right turn into my street.
So I'm going down my street and I stopped turned left to back up driveway put in reverse heard the clunk again.. When I was at top of driveway I put it in park, then put it in drive when I let go of brake it makes clunk noise.. I went from drive to reverse a few times and everytime I let go of brake it would make the noise again.
Next I popped my hood (it's dark out) so I could just about see but I was watching the intake to see how much the engine moved when I put it in park and then into reverse and drive. It moved a good amount so my best guess motor mounts or subframe bushings? Does this sound right? I'm not no ase certified master mechanic (haha) but I'm not sure if I should be driving this about a 45 min drive there and then 45 min back tomorrow? Any advice would help.. Thanks, Ryan
I noticed that it doesn't get like that if I'm sitting still at a stop and I also noticed it is worse if I'm giving it gas around a sharp left hand 90degree angle turn like that.
Well, I was thinking it was my power steering pump because it allready jerks while on like on ramps or exit ramps it kinda wobbles unless I hold it steady. Think the vaps is screwy gets easy then hard to turn around ramps but anyways I didn't mind when it was doing that but when the steering was hard and sticky it concerned me.
I left work today and got on it just a little bit my work is like an eigth of a mile from parking spot to driveway.. anyways I was going down the hill down the road got on it for like 1 second and then started slowin down for my street and heard a clunk noise a couple times sounded like runnning over a chunk of ice about the size of a snowball best way I can describe noise.. Then I actually felt the stiff steering while taking a right turn into my street.
So I'm going down my street and I stopped turned left to back up driveway put in reverse heard the clunk again.. When I was at top of driveway I put it in park, then put it in drive when I let go of brake it makes clunk noise.. I went from drive to reverse a few times and everytime I let go of brake it would make the noise again.
Next I popped my hood (it's dark out) so I could just about see but I was watching the intake to see how much the engine moved when I put it in park and then into reverse and drive. It moved a good amount so my best guess motor mounts or subframe bushings? Does this sound right? I'm not no ase certified master mechanic (haha) but I'm not sure if I should be driving this about a 45 min drive there and then 45 min back tomorrow? Any advice would help.. Thanks, Ryan
