[Shotimes] Bad Ball Joints or Wheel Bearings?

Alan Fanning Awfanning@earthlink.net
Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:20:15 -0800


Having finally  completed the installation of new inner and outer tie rods
on our '95 ATX I decided to double check wheel play before lowering 'er back
to the ground. To my disappointment, there is a tiny little bit of play on
the passenger side when shaking the wheel about the horizontal plane (hands
at 12:00 and 6:00).

So, how do I tell whether the play is the result of bad ball joints or bad
wheel bearings? The car has 82k easy miles on it.

    Alan