Q: Driver side wheel sticks

asked by on August 23, 2017

I've recently replaced a power steering rack, upper ball joint and 4 control arms on my vehicle and I'm having an issue when the car is jacked up and the wheel is hanging free it will spin but it will catch at a certain point going forwards and reverse and can be forced to go in either direction past where it catches but I'm trying to figure out why. It's also driving very odd. Havent left the driveway so can't be sure if that's just me but something is definitely wrong.

My car has 249000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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