So since I have had my car, only about 6k miles or so... whenever I turn left at a decent speed the wheel will shake pretty violently, sometimes a bump will cause it to start or just starts on its own, if I simply jerk the wheel a little it will stop...

So I have been searching and reading FSM and blah blah blah...
I checked the wheel play yesterday, the rotor/hub shakes alot on the spindle so I am pretty sure I need bearing,

what I am trying to figure out here is whether that would be the only problem, most everyone that has had a wheel shake on here had to replace ball joint or tie rods, however mine look okay, the boots don't appear to be cracked and they don't seem to move, when I shake a push and pull on things, the only thing that appears to move is the hub on the spindle.

I have yet to jack up the pass side, but if i do one side I always do both

i have almost 62,000 on the car

 

try re-packing the baring and adjusting the nut first.

 

also when checking the ball joint try and support the conrol arm and see if you get movement. some ball joints wont move w/o load on them

 

It just sounds like your bearings. I replaced all 4 front ones a while ago. Pretty easy + straight forward to do, unless the race is messed up. Then you have to drill things...

Just check to see if your bearings are shot. Re pack them if not + try something else.

 

I had this exact problem: significant shaking at slight angles of the steering wheel and wandering when the road was uneven. It was my ball joints, though it took a lot of time to figure out since they didn't want to move unless the tire/wheel was shoved just the right way by hand with the car off the ground.

But first, do check your bearings since that's usually the cause of spindle play. Even though they have a locking pin, they somehow manage to loosen up over time. Remove, repack, and retorque at 22 ft/lbs. Back off the nut, attach a pull scale to a stud, and torque until the preload is 2 lbs. If you don't have a pull scale: after setting to 22 lbs and back off the nut, retorque to 18 ft/lbs. If that doesn't fix your problem, change the ball joints.

 

Thanks alot guys, appriciate the help, think I am going to go ahead and just replace the bearings and ball joints, may as well do the tie rod ends while I am at it. again thanks alot

 

Hey I don't mean to thread jack, but do you think that my ball joints are out as well?

Here's my original thread. I haven't had the time to look at anything yet.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...steering+fubar