Steering wheel wiggles on my Town & Country

clayton · 2006-10-28T00:09:07+00:00

I have a 97 AWD T&C. 242,000 miles (yes, you read that right). Greatvehicle. Just recently, the steering wheel is having a bit of back andforth. At moderate speeds, neither acceleration nor deceleration seemsto make it worse. It just does it.The tire wear doesn't indicate an allignment problem. They're fine.The vehicle has original everything, save for an alternator, atransmission, an A/C compressor, and front brake disks (they couldn'tbe shaved anymore). Now, the disks could be shaved again, as they'renot perfect. The pads are fine, but there's a bit of pulsing onbraking. But, that's not what's causing the steering to pulse. I'mpretty sure.I'm wondering about the CV joints. They're original. And they go thruheck. I do five miles on dirt roads anytime I leave my house, and asyou might imagine, I do that often. And I also drive fast. Cruise isonly good for 85 mph, btw. Some sort of safety issue, I'm sure. Idon't abuse it, but I don't exactly baby it.Now, I could have an allignment problem. I just discovered that thelow tire condition (right front) I've been dealing with for a month wascaused by a cracked rim. Evidence that it had received some trauma (itwas bent a little). Second time that has happened, btw - maybe Ishould move. So, perhaps my allignment was tweaked, and I'm just nownoticing the shimmy in the steering wheel.So. CV joints? They don't make any noise, which is what I'd expect'em to do were they finally wearing out. I don't think it is a tireissue, for what it's worth. They're due for replacement by the end ofthe year, but they're balanced and not cupped or saw toothed. Wheelbearings? Again - where's the noise? None.I'd appreciate any thoughts. Am gonna retire this pig one day, but Iwas thinking about another 100k first.

Oct 28, 2006 42 Replies

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cavedweller 19 years ago

You mean that lady's Town and Country? We're waiting for her report back.

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DeserTBoB 19 years ago

LADY'S

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Dori A Schmetterling 19 years ago

Strictly, that's incorrect, but inserting an apostrophe before the s when denoting plural is very widespread on both side of the pond. In general, misuse of the apostrophe is.

The other 'classic' is the confusion of its and it's, which is more serious, IMO.

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling

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