okay well i installed new upper control arms and upper bj's, I installed new lower ball joints and lower control arm bushings, and I also installed a new tie rod on the passenger side as well as new axles on both sides. I tried to drive the car and i recieve horrible shaking from the car, it backs up fine it turns fine but i just get a horrible shaking once i reach between 15-20 mph thats when its turning or going straight. I know that i need to get an alignment but i dont think that an alignment would cause this to occur. I do notice a little more camber on the driver side after the install but i think my coilover may just be dropped a little low, and i have also drove cambered in the passed without this problem.. I also noticed my axles are a little tight but i can spin my wheels of my car by hand when up in the air. I can also hear the shaking as it starts to shake

any help always appreciated.Any ideas on what this could be?? anyone?

 

sounds like it will take more than an alignment to fix your problem...umm...see if your lug nuts are on tight first dude...i wouldnt skip out on that one...have your tires balanced also...look for weird or odd wear patterns on your tires...

 

thats what i figured, i know my tires are balanced :thumpup: i just got new tires all the way around before the install and it drove fine. Anyone have any tips on how to do a minor alignment to get my car to a shop, I doubt that i can get the car to a shop in the condition that its in

 

did you check your lugnuts?

 

i have a impact wrench and a torque wrench everything is at spec

 

Damn bro....I dont know why you just didnt install all of your inner and outer tierod ends. It's cake when you're that far in there. Then while you're there you change out your steering rack end bushing and BAM!!! The car feels brand new!!! After an alignment of course.

I just changed out my inner and outer tierod ends, upper control arms with new balljoints, lower balljoints, spindle nuts, steering boots and rack end bushing last month.

Was uncontrolable to drive and I thought I screwed something up. Got it aligned, took the guy 10 minutes and it now drives SOOOO great!!


Modified by Bejita at 12:24 PM 3/12/2007

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bejita &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Damn bro....I dont know why you just didnt install all of your inner and outer tierod ends. It's cake when you're that far in there. Then while you're there you change out your steering rack end bushing and BAM!!! The car feels brand new!!! After an alignment of course.

I just changed out my inner and outer tierod ends, upper control arms with new balljoints, lower balljoints, spindle nuts and rack end bushing last month.

Was uncontrolable to drive and I thought I screwed something up. Got it aligned, took the guy 10 minutes and it now drives SOOOO great!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

i concur.

if youre feeling "horrible shaking at the wheel", then your suspension and steering is loose, and its VERY likely your rack end bushing is loose and should have been replaced along with your inner tie rods. too bad you didnt already, now to you have to do all that work over again.

but since you replaced the tie rods already, you have NO REFERENCE of your alignment anymore. you MUST get an alignment ASAP.

poor alignment can POSSIBLY be the cause of the shaking, it may or may not "fix" the problem. but you still need to do it. even if it continues to shake, youll at least have the wheels pointed straight, which is VERY important.

once you get an alignment and get a read out of your current alignment specs, you can diagnose other things. if the shaking goes away, you still probably need to repalce the rack end bushing. but this time, you are only adjusting ONE side (passenger) so you can probably readjust your alignment yourself, keeping the other side as your reference.

long story short, get an alignment. tell us what happens. i have other suspicions of what your problems might be, but i dont want to bother guessing.

alignment NOW, ASAP for sure.

 

God this is retarded. Turns out that the caliper bolts are rubbing on the backside of my rotors...... how the hell does this happen

 

ok well the caliper bolts were not the problem..... I have the car up on jacks and the car is pointing straight foward, I started the car and put it in gear so i could get a look at it myself.... now as the wheel turns i can see the upper control arm going up and down up and down up and down, only about a half inch movement..... this is to be a result of my axle????

 

uh.. id say so.

 

good deal? any tips on making them smaller or should i just get new ones lol

 

check your axle nuts aswell. if those are loose you will get a bad vibration. tire balance shouldn;t be problem at 15-20mph, sounds like something is loose. you should be able to get your toe adjustment close by eyeballing the front wheels. make sure you adjust toe after you set your ride higth.