Steering wheel play

[pdiddy123]

I have replaced the tie rods, axles and gotten an alignment but there is still what I feel is extra play in the steering and it tends to feel like it drifts while driving what parts should I be looking at?

[96 SSEi]

hi, how much can you turn the st. wheel without the front wheels moving?
do you hear any knock when you turn the wheel?

[pdiddy123]

Not much! But enough to notice it's an issue somewhere

[96 SSEi]

i would take it back and have them check the alignment again after inspecting inner and outer rods.
Get in the car and make sure st. wheel is straight while they do the alignment and check for play when they finish.

[pdiddy123]

Will do thank you!!

[96 SSEi]

let us know whats up please.........later

[l67se]

Lower control arm bushings is what I found on my 00 SSEi.

[agrazela]

Lower control arm bushings is what I found on my 00 SSEi.

I was going to suggest the same possibility.

Do you have any weird front end "clunks" when braking or hard accelerating and/or front end squeaks on going over a bump at low speed?

[pdiddy123]

I have mainly hard the clumping when turning the wheel and I have replaced the outer tie rods and both axles. Upon getting an alignment I was told the inners were ok

[Bugsi]

My experience was with my `97, and I don't know how that series' steering compares to the 2000+ design, but I had worn inner tie rod bushings, and opted to replace the steering rack (which the inner tie rods are part of and require a special tool to remove). That completely solved the problem for my Bonneville!

[harofreak00]

If the rear shocks are bad, it can make the back end feel like its drifting.

[pdiddy123]

The drifting seems to come from whatever freeplay in the steering wheel

[96 SSEi]

the 2000 has a known steering assembly issue, correct? could that be the problem?
how can you test it? is there a procedure?