My 97 civic dx coupe wobbles in the highway, when i go past 70. The wheels are balanced but when i jacked up the right front side of the car, I grabbed my tire and I can wobble it from side to side (Left to Right not Up or Down). Does anyone know what it can be? Oh yeah my suspension struts are blown and i need alignment. I hope that helps. Alright help me out A.S.A.P! thanks!

 

since your shocks are blown, that'd be a good place to start

 

check your wheel bearing.. and tie rod ends, sounds like those might be your problem

 

left to right is tie rods, upand down can be wheel bearing, ball joints, or control arm bushings.

 

any noise when you turn?

 

if you can wiggle it side to side it is your tie rods..i suggest replacing inner and outer..

 

Tie rods and/or control arm bushings.

 

inner tie rod

 

wow, thanks for the quick feedback. But I dont think its the tie rods because, when I wobbled it I noticed the part where my camber kit connects to this other piece. And that peice moves as i wobble my tires. And my friend said that, the bushing that is connected to the camber kit and this other piece is suppose to have play, but the other left side of my tire doesnt wobble, when i try to check if its suppose to have play, the other left side is stiffer than the right side. Should i just replace the whole tie rods?

 

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No noise when I turn. Its defently not the axels because, my friends and I checked that already.

 

sounds like the wheel bearing...same thing happened to me

 

hemm. are you sure? because people told me its suppose to wobble up and down?

 

well, i could move my wheel from side to side, while having my hands placed in the sides of the wheel. It feels like the lugs are loose but they're not. SO i replaced my wheel bearing and it solved that porblem

 

hemm... im about to try that. But i want to be exactly sure, so that i dont spend alot of money on the wheel bearing or tie rods.

 

also, it does only wobble at high speeds right?

 

yes sir, the only time it gets crazy and woobles is when im on the highway. When i drive the legit speed limit which is 65mph it doesnt wobble, but once i go over that and hit 70mph and beyond, it wobbles dangeriously. Like the whole steering wheel shakes and my car starts to rock and it feels like the left front tire is taking control. And town fair tire said my tires are balanced out evenly too..

 

dude, i can alomst assure you that its the wheel bearing...mine was just like that and only got worse when faster speeds where going on. Dont keep driving around on it like that, get it fixed as soon as you can...the more you drive, the worse it gets

 

oh yeah, i forgot to mention. When i drive in the highway on the straight aways, thats when the wobbling starts to begin when I hit beyond 6mph. But when I make one of those wide turns on the highway when the highway starts the curve, i hit 70mph and the wobbling stops. It only wobbles insanely when im driving straight on the highway going 70mph. I hope that was good information? alright thanks agian!

 

yeah, i forgot about that......mine at slight curves, it would stop....its the wheel bearing..i garentee it. What side is it anyways?

 

Its the front driver side tire. I have this feeling it might not be it. But than agian it could be. How hard is it to install a wheel bearing?

 

i've never done it, cause when it was going out...i replaced my whole brake assembly, hub and everything...cause i had some stock dx brakes in the front and crappy drums in the rear. So i just upgraded to Si front and rear. But wheel bearings have to be pressed in im pretty sure

 

hemm... alright thanks greydel!

 

yeah man, no problem....

 

fixed my wobbley situation! i bought new outer tie rods for 25bucks at autozone! and slapped it right on today, and my car runs with great handling and the shaking stoped! THANKS GUYS

 

hope you got it alinged or you will be buying tires next