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hard steering

learnAsUGo

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I went to get my car aligned since i had a bent steering arm and replaced it. The shop told me that my wheel bearing was bad on the passenger side. Now first both bearing hub assemblies were replaced a little over a year ago with the car sitting for the past 7 or 8 months and second the steering arm was bent on the driver side so if that did any damage it would be to the driver side i would think. Now i basically want to get some info so i know what other possibilities it could be. I have new bearings coming in in a few days and i will change them regardless. But i wanna make sure that all and when i get in my car my tire isn't going to fall off. While i was driving it a few days ago because i had just got the engine back together and in the car, steering was a little tight at first, which i know is because of the bad alignment i would think. But then the second day it felt like i didn't have power steering almost, which i know it had because even without power steering when your going 40 or 50 mph you can still turn, it was as if the wheels didn't want to turn. My steering wheel vibrates and even more so when i turn. I can't remember what noise it makes, but do these problems sound like i just need an alignment bad or could it be something else?
 


Sounds like you need to check the power steering fluid level. The resivoir sits under the alternator in back near the firewall. You can't see it, so just feel for the cap.
 
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