Need help: Coolant + Suspension + Power Steering leak?

[adalex]

Ok so a few weeks ago with 2wickedtoyz help I put tockico blue struts and H&r strut mounts on. I had it aligned and firestone said that the front left camber is -1.7 degrees and that I need
INSPECTION SERVICES
7003186 REMOVEAND REPLACE ECCENTRIC
BOLTS
7003189 ECCENTRIC ALIGNMENT BOLTS

at around 55mph+ driving straight my steering wheel shakes? from side to side, similiar to if u drive on the wake up strips on the side of the highway. also the other day when i was doing an errand for work i had my driver side window down and just idleing moving ie no gas and just creeping along I could here a tick tick noise coming from the left side of the car, currently I have the driver side front off the ground and theres no nail. so I have no clue what it could be, also a few days before the tick idling at a red light I could hear a sligh rattling from the front left corner into the cabin idk if its the bolts that the air box sits in rattling around. and ontop of all this when i accelerate hard I can hear a hi pitched rattling noise like a few scews in a glass jar jingling around. any help would be much appreciated. oh and i took a few pics of some wet spots idk if it will help. also i have a torn endlink, ill upload a pic of that in a minute



*********UPDATE 3********

I went to harbor freight today and got jackstands, took off the driver side wheel to check the rotors and to try and get a good look at the tear in the boot, got some pretty good pics.




















****** UPDATE 2*******

On the advice of a few people I took a look at the passenger side and the axle seems fine but theres some weird oil paths














****UPDATE***
well i think i fixed the rattling the 3 bolts with the metal washers on them that bolt the bottom of the air box down don't rattle anymore i undid them all and retightened them. however i started unbolting the iac and remembered the guy that did the iac diy said he undid the radiator cap to realive pressure i did that and coolant oozed out of the top i looked at the resivour and its low, since i filled it up and i know its supposed to be halfway when the engine is warm and full when its cold. this is what the tank looks like now, (cold)




pic of torn endlink idk if it needs to be replaced, when i brought the car in a month ago and i mentioned it i asked about it later and the service manager is like its fine who said it was bad? and i told him i did

[reluctantmechanic]

this could have ended very badly - you must be living right...

[adalex]

yea why? car is fine any idea? im stuck >.<

[reluctantmechanic]

Originally Posted by adalex

yea why? car is fine any idea? im stuck >.<

I thought it looked like a broken CV axle (maybe)....the ticking sound is something I hear alot when an axle is bad - the grease looks like it could be from your axle - check your boots on the left side.

From the pictures, your inner boot is torn, and slinging grease...

[Mister_Perkins]

ticking sound could also be from a bent dust shield touching your rotor or drum too. Rust deposits build up on the top of the rotor or drum and when it spins around you hear a ticking sound everything the built up rust touches the shield. Probably not you problem, but i've seen it happen before

[bigbird]

hmm...that looks a little liek it is leaking out of your steering rack.

[adalex]

well i washed off the fluid, if it is the steering rack hypothetically, how would i make it spray like that again? just drive it for a few miles?

[Mister_Perkins]

Originally Posted by adalex

well i washed off the fluid, if it is the steering rack hypothetically, how would i make it spray like that again? just drive it for a few miles?

No dont drive it. Start it, leaving it in park and turn the wheel all the way to the left and then back to the right. Keep doing this. This will confirm a PS System leak

You could put a piece of dry cardboard or Paper towels under there to so if it drips you will see it easier


Power Steering Systems on the toyotas commonly leak here on these connections. They are setup like the rubber lines to brake calipers. They have a Little O-Ring that sometimes goes bad. My 95 camry and 93 camry both had this problem.. I drained the PS System, changed the O-Rings and problem solved

[adalex]

ill check that in a few minutes just as a note, yesterday i hosed up the sub frame underneath thats right about the transmission pan and got all the fluid off, i felt underneath the boot that is right next to that and it was really oily so idk if that has anything to do with it. side note, how exactly do u drain the powersteering fluid?

[Nervous]

Never seen racks leaking from the connections Mr Perkins mentioned. It much more likely is leaking from the boot and your photo shows it (wet boot and dry connections). Check the FAQ section for rack & pinion replacement tutorial.

[adalex]

nvm saw the powersteering fluid diy, i assume power steering fluid is supposed to be red? :P mines black as hell lol

found it its not the power steering in the video in the middle of heavily oiled spot in the very most inner slit with my finger i could feel a hole
http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...t=MOV00629.mp4

[reluctantmechanic]

Originally Posted by reluctantmechanic

From the pictures, your inner boot is torn, and slinging grease...

the only time I see things leaking up is when a boot is ripped

[adalex]

ok about 3 people suggested instead of going oem to get a axle from napa, can anybody tell me which one I need? I don't know if they are called axles or driveshaft. from the napa website. I have a 99 camry I4 without abs. on napa's website their listed as cv driveshaft. I need a new driverside without abs. thanks
http://www.napaonline.com/Search/Res...02&Ntk=Keyword

[reluctantmechanic]

Originally Posted by adalex

ok about 3 people suggested instead of going oem to get a axle from napa, can anybody tell me which one I need? I don't know if they are called axles or driveshaft. from the napa website. I have a 99 camry I4 without abs. on napa's website their listed as cv driveshaft. I need a new driverside without abs. thanks
http://www.napaonline.com/Search/Res...02&Ntk=Keyword

I would call it an axle - when I think drive shaft, I think of a long shaft that goes from a transmission, to the rear wheels of the car (like most american/euro cars).

give me a minute, and I can take a picture of what it should look like...

[reluctantmechanic]

this is your drivers side - it's about 2 foot long - they might call it an "axle assembly" not sure, but this is what it looks like.

hope that helps