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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 04:36 PM
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I have a 97 ex two door all stock. When i shift into 3rd and 4th gear my car starts to shaik in the front end.most of the time its like my tires is lose and i hear i slight squeak's. I have checked my tires and they are tight. What else could it be.

Any help or pointers would be great

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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 04:54 PM
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check you ball joints, tie rods and control arm bushings
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 05:02 PM
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The upper ball joint will get noisy. Do you have OEM upper control arms or aftermarket?
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 07:28 PM
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Yes everything is OEM, ball joints are good i didnt check the tie rods yet.Whould a bad tie rod maik my car shaik like that.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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reballance the tires, check axles when the car is setting on the ground
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 07:35 PM
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I have new tires and have the ballanced. The are axels are about 2 months old.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 07:35 PM
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yeah, balance the tires again. I had the same problem but without any noises.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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bumppppppppppppppp

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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 08:16 PM
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could be bad hub. may need new bearings. jack the car up and try to shake the wheel back and forth.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 08:18 PM
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dude wtf. be4unvme = ban.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 01:21 PM
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I went and got all my tires rebalanced,checked the ball joins they are good.
here was one thing i left out,the shaking will go away if i press the clutch in. someone told me maybe it a bad strut. would that be possible.

This is realy p#$%%#&g me off!
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 01:53 PM
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it doesn't happen in 1st or 2nd gear at all? at any RPM? what about 5th gear?
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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no only when im in 3rd 4th and 5th...

Rpm yeah anything over 2500 rmp
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 03:31 PM
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Only in 3rd and 4th?
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 04:27 PM
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^^^ and 5th
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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ive got the same car and the same problem, i havent had time to check anything out on it, i did notice my tire was bad on the passenger side front so just figured that was the problem, but maybe it could be something more. mine does it around 70mph.
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