Slight grinding feel in steering wheel while turning...

[ChrisGUGA]

Has anyone else experienced this?

I get a slight grinding/vibration through the steering wheel when turning right or left, similar to the very slight vibration you feel through the steering wheel from the engine while accelerating.

I have Bilsteins now set at 2.1, rear 1.5" coil spacers, and a 1.5" zone body lift. 35x12.50r20 Toyo ATII extremes on stock wheels with 10mm hub and wheel centric motorsports tech wheel spacers.

I didn't put the rotor "locks" or "holds" or whatever back on the lugs when I reinstalled the brake rotors. Could this cause the brakes to rub slightly in turns?

I've retorqued everything and everything was to spec except the sway bar end links. I had to retighten them, but that didn't solve the problem.

PS: Anyone know if the Movotech UCAs come greased? I see the grease zerks, but never added any grease.

Thanks!

 

[mjd91]

I get the same feeling in the steering wheel but have no idea what causes it.

I filled up my mevotechs.

 

[ChrisGUGA]

Bump

 

[Broke pilot]

Could be a wheel bearing going bad... Those spacers are killers on them. When they start to eat themselves you get that grinding feeling through the wheel. I just did the fronts on my buddies '12 1500. Not a fun job.

 

[Dema]

Could it possibly be the tire rubbing?

 

[mjd91]

Not bearings and not tire rub.
It's just a very slight feel in the steering system.

 

[kg93]

you might want to grease those mevotechs

 

[CuylerTech]

check the back side of both of your lower control arms and see if there is any shiny spots. My steering knuckles hit the LCA when I was at full lock and made a god awefull noise when I would hit a bump at lock. 30 seconds of filing with a file and all is good.

 

[Ramunit]

Wheel bearing hub assemblys going kput

 

[ChrisGUGA]

Thanks for the tips guys.

Could the wheel bearings go bad after only 1500 miles? Also, I thought the wheel and hub centric spacers weren't as hard on them?

Yes, I'll definitely grease the movotechs.

 

[ChrisGUGA]

Update...

This is crazy and seems stupid, but I figured out my problems. Here's a list in order of importance.

1) I thought I removed the lower radiator fan shroud, but I didn't. The fan was hitting the shroud and was worse in turns because of the body leaning. This is due to the 1.5 inch Zone body lift. I removed that shroud and it's basically fixed.

2) I got my brakes turned which eliminated some of the rough feeling while braking. The truck has less than 8k miles on it, but I towed a 9000 pound load home with zero trailer brakes and that did a number on my front rotors. I now have dual axle disc brakes with an electric over hydraulic actuator.

3) I lubed the Movotech upper control arms. This seemed to smooth things out a bit.

Thanks again for all of your suggestions.