FK00GSR

My girl's 98 civic ex has been recently been making a really bad vibrating feeling evertime we accelerate above 60mph but once I let go of the gas it stops and then as soon as I tap on the gas the steering wheel starts to shake again. Especially from the front. I tried getting the car align but that did nothing. Does anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong. And it is only when I accelerate above 60 mph anything under that the car feels solid.

mike93eh

maybe it needs new axles..

The Internet Tough Guy

do you have aftermarket wheels? if so, did you get hubcentric rings for them?

mike93eh

oh and have your wheels check, they could be unbalanced. do they still have the balancing weights on them? did they fall of?

B and B

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Lifetime tire balance from Discount Tire.

FK00GSR

car is completely stock, i will check tomorrow to see if the wheel weights are still on.

FK00GSR

yes it seems that all the tires have weights on them. Anybody else have any ideas please help this is really annoying to drive.

Archidictus

I know it sounds simple, but have you retorqued your lugs? Is it an automatic or a manual transmission? When was the last time you got the wheels balanced (the existance of weights doesn't mean squat).

I'm afraid that it's probably not a balancing issue since it only happens when you step on the gas. We can probably do better for you if you tell us everything about the car.

Sasebonian

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That's what I was thinking.

Archidictus

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If it were the axles it wouldn't only happen on-throttle at 60mph+.

JDMlyfestyle

check all the suspension parts for loose bolts.

Sasebonian

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Well that's what happened to mine. Mine wouldn't click on turns like they normally would when axels go bad, but only made the car vibrate accelerating past 60. Then after 75 it would stop. And when I went slower than 60, they'd stop vibration. Checked and both CV boots were totally shredded. Had to get new axles. My problem was solved. May not be the same for this guy, but that's a possibility.

FK00GSR

Thanks for all the feedback so far. Ok about the car. It is a 98 Honda Civic Ex 2 door totally stock, automatic, stock rims(hubcaps), 77000 miles, car was just aligned and balanced, it was in an accident from the previous owner over 2 years ago but the problem just started about a month ago. Guy at shop said that the chasis is a little bent from the accident which is why the car may drift to the right. But it has been like that since we bought the car about a year and half ago. So I dont think this vibrating feeling should be related to the bent chasis being that its been like this for over 2 years. Is there anyway I can check to see if the axels are bad?

yellow_jacket

To check the halfshaft you will more than likely need to check the inboard cv joints. Check for obvious broke boots first, then start actually checking for play in the joint. You may also want to check to make sure that the tires are round. You can balance an out of round tire, but it will still vibrate. Kind of like balancing and egg.

illicon2003

it could be the auto tranny..was reading about it down shifting and losing traction at high speeds

red91g2

maybe one of the motor mounts broke, like a bushing or soemthing, a freind of mine's truck did a vibrating when the bushings went bad in the mounts, check into that

Tanmt

you might need to get it rebalanced?