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Shaking/thumping front end all speeds. EH3 CX crapback.

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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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Default Shaking/thumping front end all speeds. EH3 CX crapback.

So, whats likely going on?

Car shakes at all speeds, it also thumps and the steering wheel moves, you can see the wheel move over by itself at very low speeds.

I was thinking balljoint, but AFAIK, they just fail, and dont give warning. Also, in searching, and finding out stuff, saw that its always the right lower BJ hat ****s up on Hondas, and I did some tire kicking, and the right front wheel "clanks" when you hit it, as though its loose the others dont.

Also, car sounds like a Subaru, and has a miss, with reduced power. Dist problem? It had been doing this off and on, recetly it just stayed that way. Its not a HG, I had a car with a bad HG, and it stops the Subaru noise after the coolant is burned off. This doesnt.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 10:49 AM
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jack it up, grab it at 12 and 6'o clock and see if it has play. If it does get someone to hold the brakes. if it goes away then its wheel bearings. If you can shake it side to side and the steering has play then its probably tie rod ends
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 11:15 AM
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I was looking at the other thread on here, my noise/thumping goes away on long right turns.

Bearings?
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 11:56 AM
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Default Re: Shaking/thumping front end all speeds. EH3 CX crapback.

Originally Posted by Rude Awakening
I was looking at the other thread on here, my noise/thumping goes away on long right turns.

Bearings?
I like when the people who are having problems just ignore valid suggestions and instead ask more questions. Keep it up.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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Look ****stick, its COLD outside. The less I have to do OUTSIDE the better, so shut up.

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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 12:28 PM
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I bet it's something simple like the tires...
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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the nut holding your axle in the rotor loose?
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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sounds like a wheelbearing if the whole thing is moving side to side.

As for the miss... what have you tried? If it's not throwing a code, and you're not losing coolant, start cheap - check the plugs. I'm actually messing around with a CX right now that has a similar issue.

Let the motor run. Pull your plugwires one at a time USING A PLIERS WITH RUBBER GRIPS or something - you don't want it to arc into you when you pull the wire out. Find out which cylinder is missing. If you pull a wire, and the engine runs rougher, then you know that cylinder is firing. If you pull a wire and nothing happens, then that's your misfire. Check the plug and wire for fouling. Then move onto the distributor, cap and rotor first.

You could also try running it with the radiator cap off... if it's bubbling/jumping at a regular interval, it could mean that compression is making it from the cylinder into the coolant system, which would indicate a head gasket. Using the sparkplug trick I mentioned before may help you nail down approximately where it's leaking from if that's the issue.

Incidentally, the CX I'm messing with right now DOES have a bad head gasket and a misfire that started intermittent and got worse. The misfire is due to coolant fouling the plug in #2 cylinder.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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Bad steering rack
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Rude Awakening
Look ****stick, its COLD outside. The less I have to do OUTSIDE the better, so shut up.

***got.
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 01:07 PM
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i have the same problem on my sedan. jacked it up and saw rubber missing from one of the bushings. the metal sleeve was just floating around.
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