Steering Problem

[Thor_2469]

I have a 1994 Ford Explorer and I was driving it to work when suddenly it decided to swerve to the left and I had to turn it to approximately 5 degree to the right to compensate for it. I then pulled over my brother-in-law and I could not find anything wrong with it. We continued off to work the steering wheel straightened out and it was fine. I have looked everything over the only thing I found is a slightly loose ball joint and a loose wheel bearing nothing to cause it to jerk left. Anyone got any clue as what could be wrong?

 

[nitro71]

I'd fix the bad ball joint first and inspect everything else. Take a look at the RA bushings. Look for other loose ball joints and tie rod ends. It could be brakes if you had just hit the brakes?

 

[Thor_2469]

We were actualy accelerating onto a highway.

 

[specdude]

I had same thing happen. Was a loose tie rod fwiw to any future readers.