Re: Popping noise when turning
 

IF the steering wheel returned to center before you took the hub off, then
you have a serious problem that you need to address before you drive this
vehicle again. In tandem, the new noise and the new behavior raise a huge
red flag that tells me that the vehicle is unsafe to drive.

It is possible that the UJoints are bad (either one or both of them), but
they would not cause steering problems where the wheel does not come back to
center. If the hub was not installed correctly, then there could be popping
noises and the steering may not respond properly.

I could be wrong, but my guess is that the front tire is about to fall off.






"97tjMike" <MichaelJunior@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1185479015.286488.93950@q75g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello everyone:
>
> I replaced my right front hub assembly yesterday, and everything was
> ok right after, but now I am noticing a popping noise (multiple times,
> like pop pop pop pop) when turning or swerving at low speeds. Could
> this be a bad U-Joint? I also have another problem where the steering
> wheel doesn't go back to center after turning. A mechanic suggested I
> check the U-Joints. The one on the right is fine, but idk about the
> one on the left. Any suggestions?
>
> Mike
>

Re: Popping noise when turning
 

IF the steering wheel returned to center before you took the hub off, then
you have a serious problem that you need to address before you drive this
vehicle again. In tandem, the new noise and the new behavior raise a huge
red flag that tells me that the vehicle is unsafe to drive.

It is possible that the UJoints are bad (either one or both of them), but
they would not cause steering problems where the wheel does not come back to
center. If the hub was not installed correctly, then there could be popping
noises and the steering may not respond properly.

I could be wrong, but my guess is that the front tire is about to fall off.






"97tjMike" <MichaelJunior@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1185479015.286488.93950@q75g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello everyone:
>
> I replaced my right front hub assembly yesterday, and everything was
> ok right after, but now I am noticing a popping noise (multiple times,
> like pop pop pop pop) when turning or swerving at low speeds. Could
> this be a bad U-Joint? I also have another problem where the steering
> wheel doesn't go back to center after turning. A mechanic suggested I
> check the U-Joints. The one on the right is fine, but idk about the
> one on the left. Any suggestions?
>
> Mike
>

Re: Popping noise when turning
 

IF the steering wheel returned to center before you took the hub off, then
you have a serious problem that you need to address before you drive this
vehicle again. In tandem, the new noise and the new behavior raise a huge
red flag that tells me that the vehicle is unsafe to drive.

It is possible that the UJoints are bad (either one or both of them), but
they would not cause steering problems where the wheel does not come back to
center. If the hub was not installed correctly, then there could be popping
noises and the steering may not respond properly.

I could be wrong, but my guess is that the front tire is about to fall off.






"97tjMike" <MichaelJunior@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1185479015.286488.93950@q75g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello everyone:
>
> I replaced my right front hub assembly yesterday, and everything was
> ok right after, but now I am noticing a popping noise (multiple times,
> like pop pop pop pop) when turning or swerving at low speeds. Could
> this be a bad U-Joint? I also have another problem where the steering
> wheel doesn't go back to center after turning. A mechanic suggested I
> check the U-Joints. The one on the right is fine, but idk about the
> one on the left. Any suggestions?
>
> Mike
>

Re: Popping noise when turning
 

To clear a couple of things up. First of all, I bent back my dust
guard on the brakes and the problem lessened. Now it hardly happens. I
guess it was just everything "settling in." With that problem out of
the way (I hope), I still need to address the center problem. Yes, it
happened before I changed the hub, and the steering box is brand new
(but it happened before that as well). I'm gonna hopefully rip the
drivers side apart Saturday so I can check the U-Joint on that side.
Some of you have suggested that its NOT a U-Joint. What else could it
be?
Mike

On Jul 26, 6:11 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <cr...@verizon.net> wrote:
> IF the steering wheel returned to center before you took the hub off, then
> you have a serious problem that you need to address before you drive this
> vehicle again. In tandem, the new noise and the new behavior raise a huge
> red flag that tells me that the vehicle is unsafe to drive.
>
> It is possible that the UJoints are bad (either one or both of them), but
> they would not cause steering problems where the wheel does not come back to
> center. If the hub was not installed correctly, then there could be popping
> noises and the steering may not respond properly.
>
> I could be wrong, but my guess is that the front tire is about to fall off.
>
> "97tjMike" <MichaelJun...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1185479015.286488.93950@q75g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>
> > Hello everyone:
>
> > I replaced my right front hub assembly yesterday, and everything was
> > ok right after, but now I am noticing a popping noise (multiple times,
> > like pop pop pop pop) when turning or swerving at low speeds. Could
> > this be a bad U-Joint? I also have another problem where the steering
> > wheel doesn't go back to center after turning. A mechanic suggested I
> > check the U-Joints. The one on the right is fine, but idk about the
> > one on the left. Any suggestions?
>
> > Mike

Re: Popping noise when turning
 

To clear a couple of things up. First of all, I bent back my dust
guard on the brakes and the problem lessened. Now it hardly happens. I
guess it was just everything "settling in." With that problem out of
the way (I hope), I still need to address the center problem. Yes, it
happened before I changed the hub, and the steering box is brand new
(but it happened before that as well). I'm gonna hopefully rip the
drivers side apart Saturday so I can check the U-Joint on that side.
Some of you have suggested that its NOT a U-Joint. What else could it
be?
Mike

On Jul 26, 6:11 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <cr...@verizon.net> wrote:
> IF the steering wheel returned to center before you took the hub off, then
> you have a serious problem that you need to address before you drive this
> vehicle again. In tandem, the new noise and the new behavior raise a huge
> red flag that tells me that the vehicle is unsafe to drive.
>
> It is possible that the UJoints are bad (either one or both of them), but
> they would not cause steering problems where the wheel does not come back to
> center. If the hub was not installed correctly, then there could be popping
> noises and the steering may not respond properly.
>
> I could be wrong, but my guess is that the front tire is about to fall off.
>
> "97tjMike" <MichaelJun...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1185479015.286488.93950@q75g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>
> > Hello everyone:
>
> > I replaced my right front hub assembly yesterday, and everything was
> > ok right after, but now I am noticing a popping noise (multiple times,
> > like pop pop pop pop) when turning or swerving at low speeds. Could
> > this be a bad U-Joint? I also have another problem where the steering
> > wheel doesn't go back to center after turning. A mechanic suggested I
> > check the U-Joints. The one on the right is fine, but idk about the
> > one on the left. Any suggestions?
>
> > Mike

Re: Popping noise when turning
 

To clear a couple of things up. First of all, I bent back my dust
guard on the brakes and the problem lessened. Now it hardly happens. I
guess it was just everything "settling in." With that problem out of
the way (I hope), I still need to address the center problem. Yes, it
happened before I changed the hub, and the steering box is brand new
(but it happened before that as well). I'm gonna hopefully rip the
drivers side apart Saturday so I can check the U-Joint on that side.
Some of you have suggested that its NOT a U-Joint. What else could it
be?
Mike

On Jul 26, 6:11 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <cr...@verizon.net> wrote:
> IF the steering wheel returned to center before you took the hub off, then
> you have a serious problem that you need to address before you drive this
> vehicle again. In tandem, the new noise and the new behavior raise a huge
> red flag that tells me that the vehicle is unsafe to drive.
>
> It is possible that the UJoints are bad (either one or both of them), but
> they would not cause steering problems where the wheel does not come back to
> center. If the hub was not installed correctly, then there could be popping
> noises and the steering may not respond properly.
>
> I could be wrong, but my guess is that the front tire is about to fall off.
>
> "97tjMike" <MichaelJun...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1185479015.286488.93950@q75g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>
> > Hello everyone:
>
> > I replaced my right front hub assembly yesterday, and everything was
> > ok right after, but now I am noticing a popping noise (multiple times,
> > like pop pop pop pop) when turning or swerving at low speeds. Could
> > this be a bad U-Joint? I also have another problem where the steering
> > wheel doesn't go back to center after turning. A mechanic suggested I
> > check the U-Joints. The one on the right is fine, but idk about the
> > one on the left. Any suggestions?
>
> > Mike

Re: Popping noise when turning
 

To clear a couple of things up. First of all, I bent back my dust
guard on the brakes and the problem lessened. Now it hardly happens. I
guess it was just everything "settling in." With that problem out of
the way (I hope), I still need to address the center problem. Yes, it
happened before I changed the hub, and the steering box is brand new
(but it happened before that as well). I'm gonna hopefully rip the
drivers side apart Saturday so I can check the U-Joint on that side.
Some of you have suggested that its NOT a U-Joint. What else could it
be?
Mike

On Jul 26, 6:11 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <cr...@verizon.net> wrote:
> IF the steering wheel returned to center before you took the hub off, then
> you have a serious problem that you need to address before you drive this
> vehicle again. In tandem, the new noise and the new behavior raise a huge
> red flag that tells me that the vehicle is unsafe to drive.
>
> It is possible that the UJoints are bad (either one or both of them), but
> they would not cause steering problems where the wheel does not come back to
> center. If the hub was not installed correctly, then there could be popping
> noises and the steering may not respond properly.
>
> I could be wrong, but my guess is that the front tire is about to fall off.
>
> "97tjMike" <MichaelJun...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1185479015.286488.93950@q75g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>
> > Hello everyone:
>
> > I replaced my right front hub assembly yesterday, and everything was
> > ok right after, but now I am noticing a popping noise (multiple times,
> > like pop pop pop pop) when turning or swerving at low speeds. Could
> > this be a bad U-Joint? I also have another problem where the steering
> > wheel doesn't go back to center after turning. A mechanic suggested I
> > check the U-Joints. The one on the right is fine, but idk about the
> > one on the left. Any suggestions?
>
> > Mike

Re: Popping noise when turning
 

Why didn't you tell us that in the first place?

The steering box was installed wrong. The pitman arm has to be removed and
put back on in the right place. I suggest turning front tires so they are
straight, removing the pitman arm from the steering box, turning the
steering wheel straight, then putting the arm back on.

It's too bad that the hubs are between you and the u-joints, you have to
repeat all of the work you already did to get to the u-joints.



"97tjMike" <MichaelJunior@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1185505205.409116.126710@o61g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> To clear a couple of things up. First of all, I bent back my dust
> guard on the brakes and the problem lessened. Now it hardly happens. I
> guess it was just everything "settling in." With that problem out of
> the way (I hope), I still need to address the center problem. Yes, it
> happened before I changed the hub, and the steering box is brand new
> (but it happened before that as well). I'm gonna hopefully rip the
> drivers side apart Saturday so I can check the U-Joint on that side.
> Some of you have suggested that its NOT a U-Joint. What else could it
> be?
> Mike
>

Re: Popping noise when turning
 

Why didn't you tell us that in the first place?

The steering box was installed wrong. The pitman arm has to be removed and
put back on in the right place. I suggest turning front tires so they are
straight, removing the pitman arm from the steering box, turning the
steering wheel straight, then putting the arm back on.

It's too bad that the hubs are between you and the u-joints, you have to
repeat all of the work you already did to get to the u-joints.



"97tjMike" <MichaelJunior@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1185505205.409116.126710@o61g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> To clear a couple of things up. First of all, I bent back my dust
> guard on the brakes and the problem lessened. Now it hardly happens. I
> guess it was just everything "settling in." With that problem out of
> the way (I hope), I still need to address the center problem. Yes, it
> happened before I changed the hub, and the steering box is brand new
> (but it happened before that as well). I'm gonna hopefully rip the
> drivers side apart Saturday so I can check the U-Joint on that side.
> Some of you have suggested that its NOT a U-Joint. What else could it
> be?
> Mike
>

Re: Popping noise when turning
 

Why didn't you tell us that in the first place?

The steering box was installed wrong. The pitman arm has to be removed and
put back on in the right place. I suggest turning front tires so they are
straight, removing the pitman arm from the steering box, turning the
steering wheel straight, then putting the arm back on.

It's too bad that the hubs are between you and the u-joints, you have to
repeat all of the work you already did to get to the u-joints.



"97tjMike" <MichaelJunior@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1185505205.409116.126710@o61g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> To clear a couple of things up. First of all, I bent back my dust
> guard on the brakes and the problem lessened. Now it hardly happens. I
> guess it was just everything "settling in." With that problem out of
> the way (I hope), I still need to address the center problem. Yes, it
> happened before I changed the hub, and the steering box is brand new
> (but it happened before that as well). I'm gonna hopefully rip the
> drivers side apart Saturday so I can check the U-Joint on that side.
> Some of you have suggested that its NOT a U-Joint. What else could it
> be?
> Mike
>