[Shotimes] turning wheel to the right, vibrates whole car, wth?

[Adam Phillips]

All tie rods, inner and outer, ball joints, control arms and bushings, 
endlinks, sway bar bushings, and aluminum subframe bushings are all new :)  
Maybe ill give your vacuum thing a try, Thanx!

Adam Phillips
Trenton, NJ
92 White MTX
137k, HID's
Tinted, ALSFB's
Navigated
Eibachs & KYB's....

>From: <clubairth@bellsouth.net>
>To: "Adam Phillips" <adambant@hotmail.com>,<shotimes@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] turning wheel to the right, vibrates whole car,  
>wth?
>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:09:48 -0600
>
>Adam:
>Ford products sometime need a vacuum drawn on the P/S reservoir. The P/S 
>fluid gets air entrained and it seems to be hard to get it all out. I raise 
>the front of the car. Attach my hand vacuum pump to the P/S reservoir. I 
>use a large rubber stopper that I got at Lowes for about $1.50. Drill a 
>hole in the center and jam in a short piece of hard brake line. Then just 
>attach the vacuum tubing to the steel tubing. Start the car and pull a 
>vacuum and then turn the steering wheel back and forth. Usually the P/S 
>noise is constant and more of a moaning or humming sound.
>I don't think that is your problem.
>Possible bad outer tie rod end on that side. If you have the factory rubber 
>socket tie rod ends this is VERY common and happens long before they wear 
>out physically too!
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>>Does it make a popping sound? If so, I'd suspect that
>>it's a strut bearing. If it's just a vibration, I
>>think that you have some air in the PS system that
>>still needs to bleed out. I'm experiencing the same
>>issue as well; I just installed a new PS pump attached
>>to a 3.2 so I had a lot of air in the system. Maybe
>>I'll hear it this Saturday if we all meet up.
>>
>>Ian
>>
>>--- Adam Phillips <adambant@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I was pulling into the park today to go for my daily
>>>run, and as i made the
>>>right, i felt a wierd vibration, at first i thought,
>>>eh musta been some
>>>funky pavement or somthing, but then it did it again
>>>as i turned right into
>>>a parking spot. So then im sitting there in the
>>>parking spot turning the
>>>wheel, left and right, lock to lock. Turning left,
>>>no problem, smooth pwr
>>>steering. When i turn right, the wheel itself feels
>>>normal, full pwr.
>>>steering, BUT, the whole car makes this low humming
>>>vibration, almost like
>>>what you would feel from a subwoofer cranked up a
>>>LOT.  Huh!? it was dark,
>>>cold and windy by the time i came home, so i didnt
>>>feel like tearing into
>>>anything tonite. Im gonna check it out tomorrow, but
>>>im not sure what would
>>>make it do that. I just had the 60k done, and they
>>>did a power steering
>>>service. Could it be air bubbles in the pwr.
>>>steering lines/system maybe?
>>>Although it only does it in one direction, but i
>>>dunno, anything could be
>>>possible i suppose.  Im gonna double check the
>>>tightness of the aluminum
>>>subframe bushings to for kicks. Any other thoughts
>>>would be welcomed.
>>>
>>>
>>>Adam Phillips
>>>Trenton, NJ
>>>92 White MTX
>

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