Steering issue
 

Ok here's the deal, When I turn the wheel full to the left or right to come out of my narrow driveway...I get this feel like the wheels are skipping...my friend who has a 00 Astro said it's something about the steering...can't remember eactly but it did it on his. Any ideas on what this might be??

Your van AWD, might be time to service the transfer case.

Not AWD.....

Time to start checking ball joints, tie rod ends, wheel bearings and A-arm bushings.

Wheel Bearings changed...so I'll have the others checked!! Thanks!

Check to make sure the wheel bearings are properly adjusted too.

It was doing that before I changed the bearings...but the loud HUM i was hearing went away after....my boy with the 2000 Astro is still looking for the receipt on what he did when his was doing the same thing!

hey

the same is happening with my car
could you exactly tell me what the problem is?
its so annoying to own such a car :(

For me it was the Driver side IDLE Arm....With someone with you Raise the cars front end...A full lift is safer, Grab the wheel 6&12 and push and pull...mine was solid then I grabbed 9&3....pushed and pulled wheel was loose while that's being done had someone look at the linkage components. My idle arm was pushing up out of it's BUSHING...WHERE THE TOP NUT AND BUSHING IS LOCATED...don't know what year your car is but the Idle arm I got from Autozone was different but it was more like an Upgrade so when you order yours depending on the year it might change..Hope this helps...BTW changed it out yesterday...you'll need a hammer and what looks like a TUNING fork to wedge inbetween the top nut to remove....(Sorry forgot the name of the tool)

Good Luck!

Idler arms are known wear items on these vans. It is highly recommended to use Moog replacements.

Joker, it's called a pickle fork. I usually use a two jaw ball joint separator though.