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Front tires are thumping intermittently

The front tires are thumping intermittently. It seems to be more on the front drivers side. Sometimes it drives just fine, sometimes not. It almost always drives just fine when the car is cold but the further I drive it the worse it gets, but not always, and it comes and goes. It can be just a shimmy, light thumping or more severe thumping.
I have already had the tie rod ends and inner tie rods replaced and a ball joint too (I think).
I had a tire place look at it and they thought it might be the axel rod.

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  • Bob Lewis Sep 20, 2013

    Wheel bearings have been inspected and they are fine. I thought a belt might be the case and had the tires checked and rotated when I first heard the sound. Since then I have replaced the tires with new ones but still have the on and off again noise.

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