If I drive at any speed, the car sort of wobbles back and forth a little, and the steering wheel shakes back and forth a little. It is more annoying when on the freeway because it shakes alot faster. When i hit the brakes hard it becomes alot worse. Could this be the rotors? or what else could be causing this?

 

alignment?

 

I have heard a couple of people complain about this. Turned out their lug nuts weren't tightened.

 

i had this complaint.. was sooo bad i thought it was my axle bent.. but all it ended up being was a simple balance got rid of everything

 

Check the tires, they might need to be balanced.

Does the shaking get worse when you brake ? Does your brake pedal pulse, if not, that should rule out the rotors.

 

It will shake even at 5 mph, but it is just more noticible at faster speeds. When i put on the breakes on the freeway it shakes harder.

 

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Does the brake pedal pulsate at all ?

 

If you have vibration AND brake pedal pulsation, then you could have a bent hub.

 

You could have several sceneraios.
It is possible to have an extremely warped rotor that will cause a pulsation even when not braking. Usually a side to side steering wheel shake whil breaking is do to a warped rotor.

You can have, like I had, a CV shaft with bad bearings. Mine wer both new, but I would get a shake under hard acceleration, turned out to be one of my shafts, which I just pulled out and warrantied.

Low speed shake like your car is taking lazy side to side walking steps=seperated tires, it gets worse as you speed up.

You could have an out of balance wheel, but you usually won't feel that at a low speed. It is very possible to not have your wheel sitting flush on the hub or using the wrong lug nuts which both will cause your car to ride like ****.

It's not the alignment (the pulsation)

I run a wheel and tire shop, most people with 20"s and up come in saying "my car is shaking, does that mean I need an alignment (actually most say line up) the answer is always no, its always something else.


Modified by Autoworks at 3:54 AM 10/12/2005

 

If your rotors are warped you would have a pulsation from your brake pedal.....Check your rims you might have thrown a weight, or you could have tread seperation...and last but not least check your bearings.....

 

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Same symptoms of a warped rotor.

 

go get your tired balenced.. or have them check the balanced. I see that alot.

 

I used to have the same problem as you. Vibration at low speeds and get worse as you go faster right? I checked everything everyone posted above and found nothing wrong. I then decided to get new tires all around and it fixed everything.

I was looking at the old tires as the mechanic was rolling it away and I noticed that the inside walls were warped, crappy *** kumhos. If you don't have the money to get new tires I suggest you take it to a tire shop and ask them to balance all 4 tires.

 

also... checek if the steering rack is still still nice and tight, and the bushings arn't worned out.

 

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Do a search on "Steering rack end bushing"

common thing apparently. wheel shakes side to side while driving, shakes hard under highway 40mph&gt; speeds but the pedal is not pulsating.

 

Just go run your hands over and around your tires looking for seperation. (ridges, bumps, slopes)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Autoworks &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just go run your hands over and around your tires looking for seperation. (ridges, bumps, slopes)</TD></TR></TABLE> Tires are pretty low.... also the pettel doesn't pulsate when i press the brake, however when i give the car alot of gas or brake hard the steering wheel shakes more.

 

your steering rack END bushing needs replacement. $10 part.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1117870


also, check your tie rod end and inner balljoints for play.

dont forget to tighten your pinion gearbox.

trust me, i had this problem on BOTH CRX ive owned and done it on other ppls car, all with the same symptoms and great results.

it MAY be your rotors being warped, but warped rotors should not cause your car to vibrate and shake. a warped rotor alone will just be a mild pulsing.

 

Also check on your front wheel bearings. Make sure they are tight. I had a HORRIBLE vibration problem due to this. And simply tightning the axle nut took care of it. However, if the axle night is tight and the front wheel bearing is STILL loose, then you need to replace the bearing.

 

most likely its the rotors. but it also could be the allignment and the wheel balancing