Steering Slop

[Garrett]

97 Olds Bravada, 4wd

Back to work on this thing, I think I’m going to name her “Zombie” after all these things I’m doing to bring it back to life. Anyhow, The steering wheel has a bit of slop, ONLY on the right side. The left side is nice and snug. The vehicle does not pull to the right abnormally, lIke if alignment was out of wack. Also, the steering wheel is “not centered” so while driving straight, the wheel is at a slight angle toward the right side (wheels straight)

The only things that I have replaced are the inner and outer tie rods and wheel bearings. I do believe this vehicle was in a front end collision at one point, causing air bag to deploy according to stored data from my scanner. I have checked out excessive play underneath while the steering wheel was moving and didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. Forgive the ignorance if I have any about this, as I have had little experience with steering diagnostics.

Any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance!

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[college man]

see if this helps.

http://www.ericthecarguy.com/faq/diagnosing-noises-in-your-car

[Garrett]

Thanks college man, I’ve actually checked out that video. Here’s a video of what mine is doing, it may be easier to show than to explain on this one. At the end, that is how the steering wheel “sits” at all times. It’s not pulling, tugging, or bouncing all over. It’s kind of just an annoying thing, and it scares mama when she drives it. As you could see, other than it being off centered, it has play on the right side only. Thank you college man for always offering to help, you’ve been quite the time and labor saver lately.

Thanks everyone

[Garrett]

Here is a picture, I have to upload the video to a different source, and that will be up soon. The picture is how the steering wheel drives at all time, straight, and aligned

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