RE: IML: Idler-Arm

["Javier, Bay Adventures" <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of WCR
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:59 PM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: IML: Idler-Arm

 

The illustration at this link will give you  a good idea of how the basic steering components relate to each other.  The idler arm is not identified by name in the illustration, but it is on the left side of the illustration, just to the right of the arrow that points to the "tie rod".  A bad arm will cause sloppy (loose) steering.

 

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/steering3.htm

 

Bill

 

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From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Javier, Bay Adventures
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 9:58 AM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: IML: Idler-Arm

Please excuse my ignorance…  What is an Idler Arm?  I know it is one of the components of the steering / front suspension, but I’m not a mechanic so I don’t exactly know what this is.  What is the Idler Arm’s purpose and what are the symptoms (other than carousing and drinking) of an idler arm gone bad?  My mechanic is telling me that the Idler Arm is loose and should be replaced.  What should I be looking for?

 

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