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Need more info. Skinny asked something that I think is totally relevant: does this happen only on rough roads, or does it also happen on smooth roads? And could you expand a bit on what exactly is happening? Walk us through the problem, from starting the car>driving it>shutting it off.weak_link wrote:Also, it starts about 45 and gets worse as the speeds climb.
Okay, I'm at a loss then. Even in 4x4 over extremely rough terrain, I never have any steering feedback like you mentioned. Quite the opposite. All I can guess is that something is definitely going on in the front end, but I just don't have a good idea on what it might be.weak_link wrote:At this point on the rough road, the wheel rocks back and forth quite a bit.
That makes all of us. Have you tried googling the symptom & researching a bit?weak_link wrote:The bad news is that he can't figure out what's going on.
Doubtful. I can't even imagine what it would take to make the already bad stock springs "shot." Trust me, the springs will not cause your steering problems. When a shock goes, there is a bit of steering feedback, but only because one wheel is now hopping around freely without any resistance. A crappy/weakened spring is a bit different, but also should produce little steering feedback (aside from feedback in one direction only, depending on where the bad part is located).Is it possible the springs are already shot at 65k?
I know this is a longshot, but is there anyway you could possibly take a video of the problem? Maybe have someone in the 2nd row shoot it so that it shows both the steering wheel movement & the view out the windshield.I just can't believe that both the Bilstiens and KYB's are bad for this vehicle. Sure it's possible they did not get the valving right but sheesh, you'd think there would be a ton of info on the web if that was the case.