Front Suspension Question

[MrIon]

I changed my rotors and brakes over the weekend and noticed a little movement when I applied force on the front right wheel. I applied force at 9 and 3 oclock on the wheel and there was a little bit of movement. Does this require to change the control arm or its possible to replace just the bushings?

PS. when I applied force at 12 and 6 oclock on wheel there was no movement. The other side had no movement either.
(Hopefully I explained this right, as I don't know the actual technical terms)

-Marius

[MrIon]

Here's a picture of the front suspension if anyone is able to point me in the right direction

http://www.jimellismazdaparts.com/images/parts/mazda/fullsize/4B20QM1.jpg

[nepal1344]

You need to do more diagnostics. What you supplied isn't enough for an informed answer. We can speculate all day but you need to see if there's movement from the ball joint, front or rear bushings on the front control arms, or even a loose bolt or strut issue can cause various types of movement. Is it horizontal or vertical movement?

[MrIon]

It's a horizontal movement. I'll double check again to provide more information. I leaning towards the ball join.

[nepal1344]

Ball joints cause vertical movement horizontal is likely either Tierod or control arm bushing. If you jack the wheel off the ground and put hands at 9 and 3 on the tire wiggle it if the it's a tie rod you won't have to wiggle very hard to get movement if it feels ok and you have to use more pressure to move look at the control arm you'll see if the bushing is moving or not. if you put hands at 12 and 6 on the tire and wiggle and get movement then you're looking at a ball joint most likely.

[MrIon]

perfect explanation. Thank you. I will try that out and see which is the culprit.

[SomeGuy]

Yup, tie rod probably...could be inner or outer.