[PHOTOS] wobbly/loose steering, bad steering feedback

[anzai]

Steering rack mounts. When these wear and fail the steering rack will move around, giving a loose feeling wheel.

this makes a lot of sense, as i can only feel it when the car is moving, when stationary it feels normal.. ill get this checked up.. will report back

where is the vibration mainly felt? front or rear?

get your wheel bearings inspected / replace.

if these are worned out, you will experience vibration as well as a crappy unsafe turns (swaying).

the steering doesn't vibrate, think of it like when you play a racing game with a wheel with shit feedback... really hard to explain.. but like any little bumps on the road causes the steering to go mental

otherwise the worse case scenario would be that your steering shaft/column is goneskies.

Also did you wear in the new brake pads you istalled? - are your rotors still got plenty of meat left and or smooth flat surfaced?

if the rotors needed machining or you havent bedded the pads in, this will also cause vibration when applying the brakes, but should not affect cornering when the brakes are not applied.

i dont think it will be your alignment - unless the mechanics have changed your shocks , sussy components around and installed used and abused parts without you knowing. (it happens - new parts for old parts)

let us know how u go.

the pads are used pads that seems to be an oem brand.. the rotors are lipped and unmachineable so i'm due for new rotors and pads replacement anyway, just used those pads as my old ones are very thin and unsafe. but yea the car doesn't shudder/vibrate when braking, only when turning and going over bumps..

Check how much rotational play your wheel has too see if its your rack guide.

play is normal, as mentioned above, the problem can only be felt when the car is moving...