i feel like im turning on jello (help!)

[SketchyRollin564]

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alright so i dont know much about tie rods and the whole steering assembly or whatever you wanna call it

So heres the problem. My tie rods have always been worn since ive had the car cause there old, ok yeah thats normal. So for christmas i got new back tires at tire kingdom, and we went ahead and got an allignment plan where we payed once, and then for a whole year i can bring it in whenever i want and get it alligned for "free"

so on the way out of the freaking parkinglot, genious me goes over a curb that i guess i didnt see that was right screwing next to me lol

im not sure if its the curb, or the fact that it got alligned and the tie rods were tampered with for the last time, or both, but instead of my steering feeling solid, and only slightly pulling to one way or the other, it feels wobly as hell and it pulls to whichever way the hell it wants to, or if im slightly turning itl just straighten out of freaking nowear, and its just scary

i thought it was probably my tie rods, so i traded my old suspension for some tie rods (both inner and outer) which i figured was better than mine. one looks fine, on the other, the boot is torn, so i figured i didnt want to waste the time swapping them if thats not even the problem

the one thing that i realized today, since my outer tie rods look fine, and the ones i got, one looks pretty bad cause the boot is open, i realized it could be the inner tie rod thats the problem, and my tie rod ends are fine.

some dude also came by to pick up some calipers i had layin around, and he said it could be the steering rack bushings, so i gotta look into that as well

i tryed moving the knuckle with my hand when the wheel was off, and it felt pretty solid, so idk

summarywhenever i drive over 60, the car pulls whichever way it wants to out of nowear and feels like im driving on jello, and is scary as screw to drive. i dont know what the problem is, im thinking it could be the tie rods (inners or outers, i have no idea), but i dont know anything about this, so does sombody who knows more than i do have any ideas on what it is?

how do i know if its my inner or outer thats the problem, or if its not even tie rod related?

[martins_240sx]

It sounds to me like your alignment might look something like this \....../put your wheels straight and see if your eyeballometer can tell if they are bent.

[SketchyRollin564]

hmm.... doesnt seem like it, unless its like something like 1 or 2 degrees that youd have to look closely to notice

i know toe in on the front will make the car more stable, so it makes sense that toe out would do the opposite

are you saying the tie rods might be bent? or something else

my cars up on jack stands atm so im gonna go ahead and see if i notice anything since i never really looked that much underneath

[SketchyRollin564]

well the tie rods dont seem bent, and from what i can see there doesnt seem to be any outward toe... so i have no idea still what the problem is

i could always switch the tie rods, and see if that does anything, but i dont wanna do that just to find out i did it for no reason, or even worse to find out that there in worse condition than the ones i have

im trying to figure out a way for me to be able to tell if its my inner or outer tie rods thats causing the problem, or if its both, or if its not even tie rod related

[fast_s13]

i would never put used tierods on a car..tie rods are cheap. go buy some new inner and outer tie rods.put them on and have it re aligned

[SketchyRollin564]

im sorry bro but im 16 with no job, $80 or however much it is, is expensive as hell for me

i plan on getting some SPL or tein tie rods in the near future when i find a job, thats why im just using some used ones in the mean time

[SirSilvia]

what about the bal sockets in the tie rods, I bought an ebay set and that messed up my alignment and the wheel wobble. That would also go for the rear tie rods

[SirSilvia]

im sorry bro but im 16 with no job, $80 or however much it is, is expensive as hell for me

i plan on getting some SPL or tein tie rods in the near future when i find a job, thats why im just using some used ones in the mean time

lol not wrapping you and the car around a poll is definitely worth the $80 however you get the money.