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Old 03-03-2008, 04:44 PM
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i was driving home from baseball tonight and i was on the highway. i was going 70ish. my steering wheel started to shake. i accelerated to 75-80 and it went away. i decelerated back to 70. it started to shake again. i decelerated to 65 and it went away. anyone have any ideas as to why my steering wheel shakes when im driving at exactly 70mph?

car: 2001 civic ex

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out of balance wheel/tires
Old 03-03-2008, 06:42 PM
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I had that done a week or so ago.. Could I have hit a pot hole and it needs done again?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kharned08 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had that done a week or so ago.. Could I have hit a pot hole and it needs done again? </TD></TR></TABLE>

You could have slightly bent a wheel or a wheel weight could have fallen off.
Old 03-04-2008, 04:07 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by toyomatt84 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

You could have slightly bent a wheel or a wheel weight could have fallen off.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks, but i hope nothing like that happened there are pot holes every where!! ohio kills it for trying to have a decent car and to keep it running well / clean
Old 03-04-2008, 05:27 AM
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Hehe, I remember when my wheel weight came loose on my other civic. It was freely floating around the rim. It occasionally landed in the right spot and the wobble in the wheel would go away. I got quite the laugh when I took off my hub cab and could flick the weight all the way around the rim. So if you have hub caps, you could check to make sure your weights are tight.
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this would be my best guess too. mine does the same thing around the same speed but a couple of my wheels are slightly bent. potholes ftl!
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Your wheel bearing could be loose. When I first got my car, the bearing was loose. It took honda an hour and $200 to fix it..
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ajgrosch716 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hehe, I remember when my wheel weight came loose on my other civic. It was freely floating around the rim. It occasionally landed in the right spot and the wobble in the wheel would go away. I got quite the laugh when I took off my hub cab and could flick the weight all the way around the rim. So if you have hub caps, you could check to make sure your weights are tight.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i do have hub caps so i will look into that. if all else fails i will take it into honda


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by em2power &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Your wheel bearing could be loose. When I first got my car, the bearing was loose. It took honda an hour and $200 to fix it.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

is that $200 total or $200 + the 1hr ($80) to fix it.

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$200 total at my local honda dealership.
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