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Originally Posted by minimutly
Get someone to watch your front wheels - one at a time, while you engage first or reverse against the handbrake. If the wheel moves forward or backwards you have a failed rear bush. Not a biggy, price wise.
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Or with wheels straight, push hard on the front of the tyre, tread area, if the wheel moves backwards, same diagnosis. Not expensive , but a pain to do, jack car up ,put ramps or blocks under the wheels, let the jack down, this will take the strain of the bush bolts, which are 18mm ,you will need an offset ratchet or spanner to access them, of flexi head. Once removed, the bush SHOULD just knock off the end of the suspension arm, but sometimes they don't, and you end up having to renew the arm too. Check ball joints, jack up so front wheel clear of ground, hold wheel at 1/4 to 3 and rock side to side feel for play, if there is, then possibly worn wheel bearing, do the same at the 6 to 12 position, if play this way, then your bottom ball joint is likely culprit, it is attached to the suspension arm and not available by itself. Do you get a dive to one side when going over a bump? If so then again ,points to arm or bush , or both.