I have a 2002 jeep grand cherokee overland that when I turn especially sharp turns it binds up and stutters. It feels like if I had oversized tires and they were catching on the fender well...but i don't. I just replaced the rotors because I knew they were warped and I thought that might be causing it... it was more of a hope. I am a pretty decent mechanic and I assume that it is something to do with the power steering seems how it is an all wheel drive vehicle. Another thing is if i turn really slow it feels like the u-joint on the axles is binding up then popping. I and pretty much just wondering how to go about troubleshooting and fixing this problem...I personally think that it is something with that U-joint or maybe the power steering set-up. If someone could point me in a direction on how to solve this it would be greatly appreciated...
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You are correct about the joint binding. Generally though unless it is really bad, they just run dry and bind making any external observation pretty much invalid. You really should try and figure out which side is binding and remove that axle and try to move the joint by hand. Very easy to tell if it's bad then.
You are correct about the u-joints in the front axles binding up. this happends alot on the all wheel drive suv.the stearing is bindin up because of the axles. to fix this problem just replace the bad axle. i personaly replace both at the same time just to save myself a headache dowwn the road
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