If you have an older car, you may have a recirculating ball unit to check instead. Have someone turn on the engine and turn your car's steering wheel while you listen for any noise coming from the ...

The modern steering wheel might be an engineering marvel with ... The handle spins on a set of ball bearings inside the circle and doesn’t actually control the direction of the car at all.

Ball joints act like hinges and connect the suspension control arms to the steering knuckles with a rotating, spherical stud and a socket, giving the wheels a wide range of movement -- from side ...