Steering wheel shaking.
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Steering wheel shaking.
I have noticed that my steering wheel shakes or vibrates more than normal. Its not a lot of shaking but its definitely noticeable and very annoying. It shakes most often at speeds below 50 mph but anything above that it seems fine. I just had my alignment done about a month ago at Honda. What could be the issue and how can I fix this? TIA.
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Re: Steering wheel shaking. (00ekcoupe)
could be a bad axle, could be a bad tie rod, could be a few things. try jacking up your car on both sides and seeing if the tire wil move side to side. that could mean your tie rod is broken. jack up both sides, start up the car and put it in gear and see if the wheels aren't moving smoothly, that could mean your axle is messed up.
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Re: Steering wheel shaking. (JDubbs99Civic)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek-NONE »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">rotors may be warped </TD></TR></TABLE>
Would I feel this when just driving? I thought if I were braking than it could be the rotors.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDubbs99Civic »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">could be a bad axle, could be a bad tie rod, could be a few things. try jacking up your car on both sides and seeing if the tire wil move side to side. that could mean your tie rod is broken. jack up both sides, start up the car and put it in gear and see if the wheels aren't moving smoothly, that could mean your axle is messed up.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thanks. I'll give it a try this weekend. Hopefully its nothing major because I'm fuggin broke. Any more possible issues?
Would I feel this when just driving? I thought if I were braking than it could be the rotors.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDubbs99Civic »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">could be a bad axle, could be a bad tie rod, could be a few things. try jacking up your car on both sides and seeing if the tire wil move side to side. that could mean your tie rod is broken. jack up both sides, start up the car and put it in gear and see if the wheels aren't moving smoothly, that could mean your axle is messed up.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thanks. I'll give it a try this weekend. Hopefully its nothing major because I'm fuggin broke. Any more possible issues?
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Re: Steering wheel shaking. (postman)
shaking during acceleration - bad cv joint (axles)
shaking during braking - warped rotor(s)
shaking all the time - loose lug nuts
- tires unbalanced
most common, easier checks
shaking during braking - warped rotor(s)
shaking all the time - loose lug nuts
- tires unbalanced
most common, easier checks
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Low speed vibrations happens ALLOT with seperated tires. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say your car is lowered( ) and when a car is cambered it tends to start seperating on the inside shoulder that you don't see. Take it to a tire shop and have them <U>road force</U> balance the front tires. Not all tire shops have this kind of balancer, they are very expensive. We have one at my work, and I could tell you EXACTLY whats going on with your car....this balancer takes all the guess work out of everything. But like the guy said above, vibration under acceleration is more than likely the axels, pulsating under braking is warped rotors, vibration from 50 + is an out of balance tire. You won't feel a tire being out of balance below 40-50 mph. Definetly check for the seperation man
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Well, I finally got my new tires on and it seemed to fix the problem. I think the problem was seperated tires like someone stated above. I'm glad I didn't have to pay for axles or anything like that. Time to take some corners with my new yokos. Thanks for all the input.
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Re: Steering wheel shaking. (00ekcoupe)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 00ekcoupe »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have noticed that my steering wheel shakes or vibrates more than normal. Its not a lot of shaking but its definitely noticeable and very annoying. It shakes most often at speeds below 50 mph but anything above that it seems fine. I just had my alignment done about a month ago at Honda. What could be the issue and how can I fix this? TIA. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Go back to Honda and tell them they did it and they have to fix it.
It could be rotors, but Honda aligned it and didn't check the brakes? Bad honda. They should know better. When I get alignments at Wheelworks, they check all the steering and suspension parts and tell me which part is about to give.
Go back to Honda and tell them they did it and they have to fix it.
It could be rotors, but Honda aligned it and didn't check the brakes? Bad honda. They should know better. When I get alignments at Wheelworks, they check all the steering and suspension parts and tell me which part is about to give.
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