Power Steering & Suspension Repair
South Edmonton – Best Choice Automotive
The steering and suspension in a car, along with your brake system, are the biggest components that keep your car safe.
At Best Choice Automotive, our primary concern is your safety. There are many integrated pieces that help your car to steer safely, stop straight, carry the loads you require, and not wear tires unevenly.
780-466-8244
AMA Approved Auto Repair Facility
South Edmonton Suspension Repair
Edmonton Power Steering Experts – 9 automotive service bays
Power Steering Repair
A proper front-end inspection involves a road test to check for pulling, steering wheel center, handling feel, and listening for any unusual noises. Then your vehicle it is brought in for a visual and physical check of the following parts; rack and pinion unit or steering box (for play or leakage), upper and lower ball joints (for play or looseness), inner and outer tie rods (for play or looseness), idler and pitman arms (for play), center links (for play), control arm bushings (for play or tears), sway bar bushings and link ends (for play or breakage). We also check the power steering belt, inspect the power steering pump and hoses for leakage, check steering coupler movement, and confirm that no wheel bearing or hub assembly has play or is noisy during road test.
Automotive Suspension Repair
A problem in the suspension system can cause poor handling and loss of control. There are many different types of suspensions. These are a few of the different type of configurations: Macpherson strut suspensions, leaf spring suspensions, air ride suspensions, coil spring suspensions, transverse leaf suspensions, torsion bar suspensions, electronic shocks, or a combination of one or more of these combined, depending on the manufactures preference.
An inspection of these systems involves looking for broken or cracked coil or leaf springs, leaking or rusted shocks and struts, noisy or sticky upper strut mount plates and bearing plates, compressor operation in auto-leveling air ride springs, leaks in air lines, as well as play or wear in the strut control arms.
780-466-8244
AMA Approved Auto Repair Facility
South Edmonton Suspension Repair
Edmonton Power Steering Experts – 9 automotive service bays
Suspension Problem Symptoms
You may have a problem if you notice your car has excessive bouncing motion when stopped, vehicle leaning or swaying when cornering, bottoming out when loaded, noisy over bumps, grinding or crunching noise’s when turning wheel, loss of power steering or higher effort required to turn steering wheel, excessive tire wear, vibration or shaking at higher speeds.
Possible Faulty Suspension Causes
Potholes, rough roads, a vehicle that has been raised or lowered, aftermarket rims and tires that are sized different than a manufactures specifications, bumping curbs when parking, normal wear and tear, lack of maintenance, driving habits.
Steering & Suspension Safety
For the proper and safe operation of your car, it should be inspected and have the wheel alignment checked once a year. At Best Choice Automotive we will inspect your steering and suspension system, report to you on any repairs required, give you an estimate for cost and repair time, and upon your approval, repair your car; then do a proper four wheel alignment to give you many miles of safe trouble-free driving straight down the road.
780-466-8244
AMA Approved Auto Repair Facility
South Edmonton Suspension Repair
Edmonton Power Steering Experts – 9 automotive service bays
