Hi Guys!
I have rebuilt my 2006 XC70(300,000KM) suspension from top to bottom with new struts, strut bearings, spring seats, control arms, lower ball joints, end links. I immediately got it aligned after all this work, but clearly they did a very poor job of aligning it, the front wheels have some pretty nasty positive camber. I squeal my tires at very low speeds, when accelerating, when braking and when turning; in short the front end wanders all over the place and feels like krap. I did all this about a month ago and apart from the camber issue(which I will have realigned again) it has driven ok. Can a poor alignment cause very unstable tracking and almost "wobbliness?"
The car has still had some low speed popping and clunking seemingly coming from the front end and the tires almost seem to be shifting sideways etc when making tight turns. I assumed this had to be worn tie rods, so I replaced the inner and outer tie rods yesterday(they were all tight); I drove it today and it was so much worse somehow... I of course double checked everything in my suspension for tightness etc and found no issues.
Fast forward to today, I was driving and got the usual clunks turning out of my driveway, when I turned hard left at low speed it started grinding and clanking and when I straightened back out the noise went away. It just feels like utter garbage and makes random metallic bangs and rattles when driving. It also seemed like it didn't like accelerating(it would start vibrating) One guy I talked to today said he thought it was the AWD coupler(collar/sleeve) my first instinct tells me it the CV axle. Any direction on this? I am totally not comfortable driving it this way.
Thanks,
Jesse
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