Hi all
I have found another problem with my 944, I have hust fitted a set of 17s and all was going fine but got to the n/s front wheel, I put the wheel on and as always checked for any movement, there was quite a bit of movement top to bottom so my frst thought was wheel bearing, I did a bit of further investigating and it looked like the movement was coming from where the bottom of the shock joins to the hub. The car has had new shocks that was fitted by the previous owner and checked the bolts, they were not exactly tight so tightened them up this helped a great deal but there was still very slight movement so checked the bearing, it seemed fine & I even tightened a little bit but this made no difference so re adjusted & put back together. The car drives fine no pulling to one side no real knocking sounds the problem occurs when I turn right at full lock if feels as there is something loose. The car sort of knocks a jolts (difficult to explain). I have noticed tahat the camber is different on each side so I must assume the guy who put the shocks on never had it aligned properly. I have been reading through other posts & a few say that if you change wheels to bigger it shows up weak bushes/ balljoints i didnt seem to notice it on the original wheels.
I have had a bar out seeing if there is any movement in the bushes but cannot see any but not sure how much you can tell with the wishbone on the car. The movement on the wheel is very slight but seems really bad as said when turning. Could this be a balljoint could it be the camber is not right & when on full lock the wheel is not sitting right.
What are the signs of a weak balljoint. I cant really see anything else it could be other than the bearing
Any help much appreciated oh the car is a 89 2.7
Cheers Simon
I have found another problem with my 944, I have hust fitted a set of 17s and all was going fine but got to the n/s front wheel, I put the wheel on and as always checked for any movement, there was quite a bit of movement top to bottom so my frst thought was wheel bearing, I did a bit of further investigating and it looked like the movement was coming from where the bottom of the shock joins to the hub. The car has had new shocks that was fitted by the previous owner and checked the bolts, they were not exactly tight so tightened them up this helped a great deal but there was still very slight movement so checked the bearing, it seemed fine & I even tightened a little bit but this made no difference so re adjusted & put back together. The car drives fine no pulling to one side no real knocking sounds the problem occurs when I turn right at full lock if feels as there is something loose. The car sort of knocks a jolts (difficult to explain). I have noticed tahat the camber is different on each side so I must assume the guy who put the shocks on never had it aligned properly. I have been reading through other posts & a few say that if you change wheels to bigger it shows up weak bushes/ balljoints i didnt seem to notice it on the original wheels.
I have had a bar out seeing if there is any movement in the bushes but cannot see any but not sure how much you can tell with the wishbone on the car. The movement on the wheel is very slight but seems really bad as said when turning. Could this be a balljoint could it be the camber is not right & when on full lock the wheel is not sitting right.
What are the signs of a weak balljoint. I cant really see anything else it could be other than the bearing
Any help much appreciated oh the car is a 89 2.7
Cheers Simon
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