- Aug 14, 2014
- 16
Hello all, this will be my first post. I am sorry it is going to be filled with questions...
Ok, so here is the deal. This is on an 03 Envoy XL @140,000 miles, if I brake too fast and turn, then the tires rub. If I slow down a lot and there happens to be a small dip or incline in the turn, they will rub. It is my wife's vehicle and I just found out about it. By the time I checked it, the tires were rubbed/cut down to the steel belt.
We got the vehicle a few months ago in a pinch.Between work and kids, I didn't have much time to look at it this summer. Well it looks like I'll have to make time now. We live in Colorado and winter is closing in fast.
I started taking tires off and it looks like all the bushings are pretty much shot, including the sway bar mounts and linkage. It also appears nothing had been greased in a long time. I am not sure what the original shocks were, but it has Bilsteins on it, but they look factory. I can shake the whole vehicle 4''-5'' with one hand on the top of the door. Some of my questions are: could it be the UBJ mount rubbing? It is rubbing on the inside of the tire on the corner. There is nothing I can find that is close to the tire except this. Would it rubbing on the left tire, if I am turning right, basically pushing into the tire or would it be rubbing the right tire when turning right, pulling the tire into the UBJ?
I called the shop I use and the reply was- it could be the bearing, ball joints, shocks..there are so many possibilities, you'll have to bring it in. At that point I decided it was a job I needed to do at home because it sounded expensive. So here I am looking for advice.. anyone ever had this problem? Should I buckle down and replace the front end on both sides? I'm at a loss here and in desperate need of direction. Any advice is welcome, thank you in advance.
Ok, so here is the deal. This is on an 03 Envoy XL @140,000 miles, if I brake too fast and turn, then the tires rub. If I slow down a lot and there happens to be a small dip or incline in the turn, they will rub. It is my wife's vehicle and I just found out about it. By the time I checked it, the tires were rubbed/cut down to the steel belt.
We got the vehicle a few months ago in a pinch.Between work and kids, I didn't have much time to look at it this summer. Well it looks like I'll have to make time now. We live in Colorado and winter is closing in fast.
I started taking tires off and it looks like all the bushings are pretty much shot, including the sway bar mounts and linkage. It also appears nothing had been greased in a long time. I am not sure what the original shocks were, but it has Bilsteins on it, but they look factory. I can shake the whole vehicle 4''-5'' with one hand on the top of the door. Some of my questions are: could it be the UBJ mount rubbing? It is rubbing on the inside of the tire on the corner. There is nothing I can find that is close to the tire except this. Would it rubbing on the left tire, if I am turning right, basically pushing into the tire or would it be rubbing the right tire when turning right, pulling the tire into the UBJ?
I called the shop I use and the reply was- it could be the bearing, ball joints, shocks..there are so many possibilities, you'll have to bring it in. At that point I decided it was a job I needed to do at home because it sounded expensive. So here I am looking for advice.. anyone ever had this problem? Should I buckle down and replace the front end on both sides? I'm at a loss here and in desperate need of direction. Any advice is welcome, thank you in advance.