How much play should your wheel have from side to side when lifted? I know up and down should have no play at all. Also how much stress does having rims on effect the front end system. Lately it have felt I have been riding on ice a very shakey ride.
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You should have no play side to side either. Sounds like your tie rod ends are shot and you need to get new ones. You can eliminate the upper and lower ball joints if you are getting no movement up and down. So, that really only leaves the tie rods. Easy job.
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Bigwill, first off, I would tell you to get a friend and have one of your move the tire as the other watches for where the play is. That is probably the best thing before you just start replacing parts "just because".
As for the bigger tires affecting things, by all means it can. The bigger tires put more stress on the components and if a lot of those miles were in adverse road conditions, that only makes the situation all the worse. part of it could simply be you got a bad tie rod end and it failed early. Hard to say. See what is moving on you and then go from there.
As for the bigger tires affecting things, by all means it can. The bigger tires put more stress on the components and if a lot of those miles were in adverse road conditions, that only makes the situation all the worse. part of it could simply be you got a bad tie rod end and it failed early. Hard to say. See what is moving on you and then go from there.
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