[ckev70]

04 Accord V6 @ 240K or maybe 260K.

Clunking when shaking wheel at 3/9 o'clock position and tire chunking. Driver side has same issues. Slight shaking at 50-60 MPH but could it be due to alignment?

Only passenger side is lifted so driver side is on the ground. This is shaking the wheel at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock position. Without tire removed, clunking sound is not noticeable (or maybe i'm not strong enough)
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s this normal or worn out inner tie rod or something else?

2 Videos (sorry for the extraneously rustling)
View of Outer Tie Rod and LBJ

View of Inner Tie Rod (Steer Rack)

Outer edge of tire is starting to show chunking:

Appreciate comments to confirm or disprove my thoughts.

 

[ashirm98]

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I have been having the same issue on mine at 157k and I have replaced all of the control arm bushings, the upper control arms, the axles and installed coilovers since I started. I am going to be replacing wheel bearings within the next couple months due to a bearing noise, but I am debating if I should do the tie rods while I am at it again.


The parts listed above were only replaced because they were visibly worn and needed replacement anyway, not in an attempt to diagnose my issue

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[t-rd]

take the wheel off and tug on the inner tie rod itself, does it do the same thing?

 

[ckev70]

take the wheel off and tug on the inner tie rod itself, does it do the same thing?

Inner tie rod didn't make any noise tugging. Maybe i have to eat my Wheaties.

 

[jtl66]

Make sure your steering wheel is unlocked (key in acc/on) when you shake the front wheel, otherwise you may feel/hear the steering wheel lock which may give a false impression of something being loose. If there is still side to side play, it is usually either the inner or outer tie rod, but your steering rack could also be worn at that mileage. The steering rack bushings could be worn as well. You may just have a wheel balance issue if the shaking only occurs at a specific speed range.

 

[ckev70]

Make sure your steering wheel is unlocked (key in acc/on) when you shake the front wheel, otherwise you may feel/hear the steering wheel lock which may give a false impression of something being loose. If there is still side to side play, it is usually either the inner or outer tie rod, but your steering rack could also be worn at that mileage. The steering rack bushings could be worn as well. You may just have a wheel balance issue if the shaking only occurs at a specific speed range.

I'll recheck with steering being unlocked. The rack probably has leak since the below show a different color approx halfway.

 

[ckev70]

Finally had the energy and time to Chechnya.
No clunk when steering is unlocked when shaking wheel at 3 and 9 o'clock position.
No fluid came our of bellow after removing clamps.
Pushing inner tie rod in and out didn't not create any noise.
I can rotate tie rods to left and right and same hollow clunk occurs when outer tie rod gets to max rotation.
Other posters have stated being able to rotate by hand outer didn't cause any issue.

 

[Cepega]

That sway bar bushings looks to be worn out.

 

[jtl66]

The sway bar bushing does look a bit worn which will create quite a racket going over bumps. The shimmy you described still sounds like a wheel balance issue though.

 

[ckev70]

After changing sway bar bushings and end links, steering is more reactive.

I'll rotate the tires to see if the vibration between 50-70 occurs or not. Of course it's possible that the current rears are out of balance.

While changing the suspension parts, noticed that lower transmission mounts are toast.

 

[BLCKFLSH]

Could have sworn I saw a lot of play in that upper ball joint in the video.