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Originally Posted by Shankenstein
Tell us about your setup. Is it 100% stock? Has anything been fiddled with (recent repairs, accidents, etc)?
Part 1) If the steering is acting up, the first place I look is tie rods. Make sure the threaded side is tight. At the ball joint, check the boot for cuts/grease, and wiggle the ball-and-socket to check for vertical slop.
Next, I'd check the wheel bearing and lower ball joint area. Grab the wheel and yank on it (hard) in both directions. Listen for abnormal noises and any play. It should feel solid and connected.
Part 2) I had similar "clunk" and looseness when the upper strut mount (hat) had a worn bearing. If it's a more of a "clank" than a "clunk," then I'd check all of the sway bar mounting points and make sure nothing is loose.
Generally, just jiggling things and checking torques will help you isolate anything that's not right. Most times I get a forehead-slapping "Well, THERE'S yer problem!" moment when diagnosing stuff like this.
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All stock, no recent repairs or anything like that. Nothing really feels out of place or badly messed up its just slight and maybe im just paranoid.
I just feel like the steering wheel as a little "give" like when you had an old POS and you could turn the wheel 90* before the wheels ever actually turned.
Its slight, theres no dead spot when just curising or turning everything feels tidy its just it feels like it gives slightly when i hit a few bumps and I can feel feel it in the wheel like theres slop. I mean its ever so slight but I just started noticeing it.. and I feel like its something I would have noticed for the past month if it was always there.
I'll look more again and see what I can find.. Thanks man!