I have a 2000 civic lx automatic. When I'm cruising down the road i hear a noise like my wheel hub bearing is bad. But when I get up to around 75-85 on the interstate, the steering wheel shakes over and over. Its not a constant shaking it lasts for about half a second every 1.5 seconds(shake...shake....shake...shake). It actually shakes the whole car a bit. I've realized that its worse when my steering wheel is to the right, more than if its to the left. When I brake from any speed higher than 35, my car shakes as well.

Is it just a bad bearing or something more serious?

I cant tell where the noise is coming from(left or right wheel).

Anything helps

 

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check your lug nuts. had this happen to me and my lugs had started to back off

 

All of my lug nuts are fully tightened up.

It sounds like a wheel hub bearing but i checked and they seem to be fine.

 

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My friend had this problem but it only happened when he would hit a bump. He had a blown strut. check there?

 

yea check your struts and see if any of them are leaking.

 

I just swapped out the struts and they are all fine.

It got alot worse today, now it happens at 65+ mph.

Its not really a shaking but more like a bunch of fast wobbles.
It really feels like my wheel is going to fall off, but The lug nuts are fully tightened.

The thing that is really weird is the fact that it isnt a constant shake.
Its in pulses, which I cant understand.

Anything else that I should check?

 

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make sure you tires are good, usually when steering shake @ high speed, and it's balancing issues. But you also press on the brakes and it shakes that is a brake issues.
Do you smell something like burn metal?

 

check both side axles it happend to me once.

 

this happened to my friends GTI once, was the axles for sure.

 

I dont smell any burnt metal. My brakes makes noise too and shake when I stop, but I think that is due to the missing screws that hold the rotor on. I'm replacing them today.

Also, how would I go about checking the axles? Do I have to take them out and inspect them, or is there another way


Thanks for the help

 

Does the brake pedal pulsate when you're on the brakes? If so, you have warped rotors which would be the culprit.

 

Interesting - my car has similar issue but it is constant when driving 75 and up. I need to check my struts.

 

badly worn tires, bent rim, or car needs to be wheel aligned. these are all possible factors as well.

 

rotors are hella difficult to warp. but if they did pulsate, i would say it would be a good possibility. i had vibration when i would brake. just needed to resurface the rotors. that fixed my issue. go easy stuff first. balancing?

 

Its a constant vibration when i brake. But I think thats from the 2 screws that hold the rotor on(they are gone).

I was gonna buy new tie rod ends tomorrow.

Is there an easy way to check them to make sure they are bad?

 

2 little screw would not make a difference, perhaps you need alignment.

 

Those screws don't hold it on. If your lugnuts are tight the rotor isn't going to move at all.

Jack the car up, shake the wheels side to side, up and down, and diagonally. Any movement, looseness?

It's not very hard to warp rotors, and if they are warped, new ones are about $25 at advance auto. No need to pay $20 to resurface your old ones

 

Is it a little shake, or more of a jerking motion. Mines used to jerk hella crazy to the right, ended up being my passenger side axle.

 

That is correct. Those screws are only there to keep the rotor in place when the wheels are off the car.

 

screw wont do much, my sister had this problem and her tires were gone! when she got new ones the shaking completely stopped, now if its jerking i would say its an axel i had to replace mine not very hard..

 

Those three things are the most likely causes. Warped brake rotors another possibility. However in my experience you only feel the pulsing from warped rotors while braking, but no vibration at all while not using the brakes.