97 Integra with 235k miles, original suspension other than new struts/shocks at around 150k.
The tires seem to wear toward the inner edges, similar to how tires wear with toe out or negative camber. Nothing in the car's handling has changed suddenly, but it seems to have a mild pull to the left that I have to occasionally steer to the right by about 3 deg every so often.
While rotating tires last night I checked the play on 3 and 9 O'clock, and 6 and 12 O'clock. There's no play on the 6 12 orientation, but the 3 9 orientation has about 1/8" of play at the trend of my tires (195 60 14), occur on both sides, and I hear a deep, low, and soft clunk when it reaches each end of the play. The test was done when the testing wheel is lifted off the ground on a jack, and the opposite wheel on the axle is on the ground.
Does this indicates something is loose and need to be tighten? or is part of the steering worn and need replacement (i.e. tie rod end link, inner tie rod, other steering part)? How to further diagnose which components to replace?
The tires seem to wear toward the inner edges, similar to how tires wear with toe out or negative camber. Nothing in the car's handling has changed suddenly, but it seems to have a mild pull to the left that I have to occasionally steer to the right by about 3 deg every so often.
While rotating tires last night I checked the play on 3 and 9 O'clock, and 6 and 12 O'clock. There's no play on the 6 12 orientation, but the 3 9 orientation has about 1/8" of play at the trend of my tires (195 60 14), occur on both sides, and I hear a deep, low, and soft clunk when it reaches each end of the play. The test was done when the testing wheel is lifted off the ground on a jack, and the opposite wheel on the axle is on the ground.
Does this indicates something is loose and need to be tighten? or is part of the steering worn and need replacement (i.e. tie rod end link, inner tie rod, other steering part)? How to further diagnose which components to replace?
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