Q: When I put my car up on the jack and the front wheel comes up and I go to loosen it the wheel hole wheel moves left to right like

asked by on May 17, 2017

when I go to jack up the car and the car's front wheels are off the ground there's a lot of play in the wheel moving that left to right with my hand

My car has 150000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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