This is very weird. I have had a slight vibration in my steering wheel for quite sometime now. I dropped an H22 into my teg and the only thing I can imagine would cause this is the aftermarket axle I installed on the passenger side. It only happens above 70 MPH but gets worse as the speed increases. My wheels were balanced a month ago when I got brand new tires put on. The car has brand new supsension Koni/H&R Skunk 2 camber kit. I had the alignment done by a local shop that does all the aligning for Comptech so I am sure it is aligned. The alignment was done about 1 month ago as well.

TIA

 

Alignments don't normally cause vibrations. The fact that it is speed sensitive makes me think either your axle or a balancing issue. It is possilbe that you could have thrown a wieght off one of your tires. I would check to see if there are any missing wieghts.

As for your axle, is there any change in the vibrations between coasting, braking, accelerating, and cruising?

Lastly, worn bushing or suspension components can cause vibrations. I would have a look see at all of those especially if you have done modifications to your suspension.

Cheers.

 

Yup, those are the possible causes.

The most common cause of vibration is an out of balance wheel/tire. Even on tires that were recently balanced, it sometimes happens. If you or a friend have another set of wheels/tires (preferably that are known to be in balance), you could try swapping them onto your car and taking it for a drive, which would help rule wheel balance in or out as the cause of the vibration. But if you had the vibration both before and after your recent wheel balancing, then it is probably not the cause of the vibration...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by old man neri &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Alignments don't normally cause vibrations. The fact that it is speed sensitive makes me think either your axle or a balancing issue. It is possilbe that you could have thrown a wieght off one of your tires. I would check to see if there are any missing wieghts.

As for your axle, is there any change in the vibrations between coasting, braking, accelerating, and cruising?

Lastly, worn bushing or suspension components can cause vibrations. I would have a look see at all of those especially if you have done modifications to your suspension.

Cheers.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thank you very much... I only notice vibration at higher speeds, I don't feel any vibration as I accelerate. It seems so slight that I wouldn't notice it at lower speeds. When I get through the gears and I am coasting it starts vibrating. It seems like it takes a minute or two for it to start vibrating when I am on the freeway. Yesterday for example: I took my car out of the garage, went straight to the freeway, and drove about 2 miles going approximately 75 mph. For those two miles I didn't notice any vibrations. For the next 10 miles or so on the freeway it vibrated.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxtasy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yup, those are the possible causes.

The most common cause of vibration is an out of balance wheel/tire. Even on tires that were recently balanced, it sometimes happens. If you or a friend have another set of wheels/tires (preferably that are known to be in balance), you could try swapping them onto your car and taking it for a drive, which would help rule wheel balance in or out as the cause of the vibration. But if you had the vibration both before and after your recent wheel balancing, then it is probably not the cause of the vibration...
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This is going to sound really stupid but I have been thinking of another possible cause.. I have yet to check my tire pressure since I have had the tires mounted I guess I trust the guy who mounted them to have set them to the correct PSI. I will check it on my way home today and let you know what it is set at