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2000 Grand Cherokee Front End Problems

I haven't crawled under it yet but I was hoping that some of you nice and helpful people would steer me in the right direction to fix this problem.

I first noticed the problem when I began getting vibration in my steering when braking hard. I first assumed assumed a warped rotor, but now I'm quite sure it's more than that. My steering has a lot more play than it should and when driving I noticed the steering wheel is not straight when I'm driving straight. While turning there is a spot where the steering wheel kinda sticks. The passenger side tire is worn on the outside edge, and no noticable unusual wear on the driver side.

Does any of that point to something specific or what should I be looking for when I crawl under and take a peek.

Thanks much!

-Al

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Cacophony
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Whoa! I had those same symptoms and I was about a mile away from the tie rod falling off and losing steering. There were only 2 threads still holding it on at one end. Regardless, go immediately to a front-end shop and get it looked at.

If you want to crawl under and look, have someone else in the driver's seat to turn the wheel back and forth hard while you look at all the connections underneath to see if you can spot something loose.

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Dick

Can't say without looking. Generally you can feel a warped rotor under light braking. It's more of a pulse feeling in the wheel. A wobble could be bad shocks, worn track bar, antisway, or control arm bushings. But with outside edge wear on one tire I'd say your out of alignment and (do you have kids or someone that hit a curb recently?)

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