Found a problem with my camaro

[Agostino13]

The wheel was not locked the car was off though but the shake I'm talking about hapeens as u pull towards u and try to wigggle the wheel

[CamaroSkooter]

Reading your post hurts my head. Does the lift you're using look sort of like this?



That's called a scissor lift.

As far as your steering wheel is concerned, I haven't got a clue what you're talking about. When you lift the car off the ground, and "wiggle" your steering wheel, is your car turned off with the key removed from the ignition? If there's substantial play in the steering wheel, then I would say there might be an issue somewhere. However, if your key is in the ignition and the car is running, then it's called power steering

[Agostino13]

No that's not the lift I'm talking about and I'm not talking about the steering wheel I'm talking about the front rims(wheels) I will get pictures of the lift

[Cam 427]

Originally Posted by Agostino13

I dont trust lifting it by the sway bars thats why i did not do it again. they do have a set of blocks you r suppose to use if anything is in the way but the blocks are not high enough by about 1/2 an inch and i did not have anything else to jam in between. also i did not know they were not high enough untill after the car was lifted.

I will try to get a picture of this lift

As for the wheel check u do a 1 oclock/ 7 oclock check to make sure the tie rods arent bad but the 3 oclock 9 oclock position is to check for looseness whatever that means like i said im new at this i am in training i did what he said and the wheel was loose so i asked him to check it and he told me that is bad for a new car bring it to the dealer

I'm surprised that you didn't bend the skinny sway bar links!

[Russell James]

If they lifted the car by the sway bar, the sway bar needs to be checked. Anybody that told you that was OK, is a clueless idiot.

To find what is loose, may need a second person as a helper to wiggle the wheel/tire while your looking and feeling for what component has excessive play. The service manual has all the specs for how much play can be in stuff like ball joints. Generally though if there is so much play it is obviously felt, it should be easily seen what is doing that, but will take two people.

If the lift isn't contacting the correct spots, they need to fix that, taller blocks... whatever. But you can't just blindly raise a big piece of wood under a car and lift it by whatever it contacts. It has to be watched, and lined up with the lifting points. There are plenty of cars where things like oil filters or oil pans hang down low. You can't be contacting stuff like that with a lifting hoist.

Next time, suggest using the instructors car.

Or maybe tell the instructor, I've been told you absolutely should not lift a car by the sway bar. How about we lift it correctly this time, and then recheck the steering/ suspension looseness when it is raised correctly. Who knows what is happening when it is lifted by the sway bars? That was no accurate test when it wasn't lifted properly.

Raise it up properly, then have one person wiggle the wheel and a second person with a light watching and feeling for where the play is.

[2010 SSRS]

wow, lol