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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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HISTORY:
1. new axles
2. just got new tires and alignment
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ok here's the deal. whenever i take a hard left, hit a pothole, or even when i get on 1st gear hard i'll get this crazy reaction from the steering wheel. even when i'm on the freeway doing about 80mph, the slightest turn or bump will vibrate the steering wheel. it'll start shaking/vibrating left and right rapidly. it's not enough to make me lose control
(i hope), but it's still scary as fawk! what's the deal?

yes i did take out my ps and no i didn't loop the line, do you think that may be it?

or possibly my tie-rods

i checked my axles and they seem to be fine, all this makes we want to puke
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 02:55 PM
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Did you replace the axles with rebuilds?
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 02:57 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mugen Mike &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did you replace the axles with rebuilds?</TD></TR></TABLE>

to be honest I had them done, and as far as I know they are new, but who knows.
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 03:07 PM
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Could be a shitty rebuild on the axle. I have a slight steering wheel shake right now and I'm certain it's the rebuilt axle I put in.

My guess would be an unbalanced wheel, since you said you just got new tires. Either they didn't balance them, or the weights may have fallen off.
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 03:15 PM
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no it's deffinitley not the balancing, the problem was there prior to the tires/align..
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 03:19 PM
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sounds like something was left loose. Put it up on some stands and check it out. I only trust my own work.
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 03:53 PM
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Was it there prior to the new axles as well?
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 04:00 PM
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nope
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 06:24 PM
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 06:32 PM
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Jack up your car and check your tie rods, as well as your wheel bearings. You just jack it up from the frame and pull left and right on the tire and if there is any lost movement then you should have it looked at immediatly.
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