What can make a whining sound and shudder in your car?

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The wheel was shuddering and you can hear a whining noise everytime you turn the wheel back and forth. We thought it could have been a mixture of the stabilizer bar links and the power steering pump so they were replaced last night. Now its shuddering and STILL whining even while going straight.





2000 Ford Explorer xlt
v6 4.0 - 4 door automatic
2 wheel drive

The belt is tight, fluid full, and turned the wheel back and forth for a couple minutes after we put in the new power steering pump last night to let air out so its none of those and its not the tires themselves.

what about power steering unit?


Or any other suggestions?!?!

btw the shuddering and whining is worse now then before

Otherwise rest of the car is in great condition - the symptoms above are it....nothing else :)
Also it just had an adjustment and wheel alignment a few days ago
Front end alignment I mean
We have two tires that need replacing but everyone has said that while it would cause a slight shudder, it wouldnt cause the shudder it is doing plus the noise.....?


The power steering pump was replaced because goodyear told us too......

And the links were replaced because it comes in a kit and while they were looking at things down there, the little rubber bell spacer/bushing or whatever crumbled
 
try jacking up the front of the vehicle and manually spin the front wheels and check that they both spin free without making any noise.
also carefully try and move the wheels in and out and up and down.any free play could cause the symptoms you are describing. should you have noise or movement then i suggest you replace or repack bearings.
good luck
 
You said its not the tires, but it probably is. Thsoe slightly larger light truck tires are notorious for coming out of balance as they wear. Rotoate the front ones to the back and see if the problem changes/moves around.

BTW, why did you change the power steering pump and stabalizer bar links, lol!?!?!? Thats the craziest first try at fixing a shudering feeling I have ever heard of.
 
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