Steering problems

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

I've had intermittent steering wheel vibration caused by a failing outer 
CV joint.  This was one of those dirt cheap "remans".  When I removed the 
joint it was nearly impossible to flex it by hand - it had all but seized.

Drew

On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Kervin Ridgley wrote:

> Coming into work today, I was having so weird things happen.  I was
> going down the street at about 20 mph and my steering wheel started
> moving left and right.  I was thinking that maybe one of my tires was
> going flat, but it is not.  I stopped and did a quick check to see if
> all my lug nuts were on and they were.  After backing out of the space,
> everything seemed fine again.  After about a mile, the left to right
> steering wheel shake started again, but then went away.  My drive into
> work lasts about 20 minutes on country roads.  It's pouring rain today
> and I'm in a jacket and tie so I'd like some thought before I go lay in
> a puddle to see what could be wrong.
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