Bumping on right side front wheel

blade007's picture
2004+ Nissan Quest

Hi all. I hve a question. I have noticed that on my 04 quest whenever I go over a small dip or bump on the road on the right side front, it feels like the strut is dead. I first replaced the sway bar bushings at the dealer. I thought this would help as I had a 01 voyager before that was doing the same thing and that solved the problem. I had the struts, mounts and beerings changed yesterday but to no avail. It seems to only be on the right front wheel whenever it hits anything and it all depends on the speed, usually about 30mph. I was wondering if anyone had experienced this or might know what might be causing this. The dealer said that everything was tight under the van but I sometimes feel aslight virbation on the gas pedal whenever the right wheel is on a course piece of road and when using cruise control on smooth highway you can feel a little vibration on the floor.
Any ideas would be helpful.

Tks

heteromyid's picture

bumping

Check the control arm bushings. I had some horrible play in the front end when I would hit bumps. Under close examination I noticed the bushings were shot on my 04. Found some control arms from a wrecked 07 on ebay for a good price and that fixed it. They were suprisingly easy to replace, took about 1.5 hrs plus an aligment.