my 96 civic hatch's front passenger tire seems to shake while in 2nd and 3rd gears around 2500rpms. I have skunk2 camber kit, skunk2 coilovers, new inner n outter tie rods, the tires are balanced and rims r not bent. Nothing seems loose or looks broken. and while driven at 5mph it feels like the tire is flat. plz help

 

Then why do you think it's the tire? Stock shock? Is it blown?

 

Might be wheel bearing?

 

skunk2 coilovers, and i had the wheel bearing replaced a few months ago, i also tried moving the tire to see if it was the wheel bearing again and it didnt move

 

Maybe just rotate your tires to double check that it isnt an issue with that one tire.

 

i tried that

 

could it b my rack n pinion?

 

O yeah n i have hasport mount on tranny n driverside n the torque mounts r new

 

It kinda feels like the lug nutz r loose, but there not

 

how do you know the rims arent bent? its pretty hard to tell sometimes.

 

same problem with my 95 eg but driver side. it has skunk2 coil overs but mine was a blown shock and that solved the problem. mine would only do it whenever i hit the gas but it varied.

 

axles?

 

the axles look fine. when they balanced the tires i asked if the rims where bent. and the coilovers are only a few months old

 

I suspect the wheel bearing, but here are some troubleshooting steps for the other suspension components:

Jack up that corner of the car and put it on a jack stand. Put the transmission in Neutral. If it's an auto it doesn't really matter. Turn off the engine and try turning the wheel. Does the With the key out, turn the wheel so that it locks.

Then grab the offending wheel and try to move it. Can you make it go up and down at all? Side to side?
Grab the top and bottom of the tire. Can you make the wheel lean in or out at the top or bottom?
Grab the left and right side of the tire. Can you make the wheel go in or out on the left or right?

If it has any play when you do these tests, you need to figure out what part is causing the play and start with replacing that part.

 

it does move a lil when moving tire from left to right, but i just put oem innner n outter tie rods on, it looks like its moving from the rack n pinion, could it be that?

 

axles might look okay, and might not even click. but this could be one issue.

im having this problem with my lowered car too. have to change axles every three-four weeks. good thing i have life time replacement.


if it looks and sound like it's coming from the rack. it might be your rack bushing. it's on the passenger side, inside your rack.

 

it looks really hard to change out the rack n pinion without pulling the engine out, do i have to pull the engine?, if so, how long can i drive like this, cause im almost finished building my engine n ill just wait til then

 

is there any threads for this?

 

maybe a bad mount on that side?

 

Google will go a LOOOOONG ways. Do some research first and if you cant find anything then come back and ask. Make sure your wheel bearing nut is properly tightened, lug nuts are properly tightened, if your wheel moves left or right, see if its from the outter tie rod, or inner. If anything take the nut off the outer tie rod and see if the inner tie rod will hold it up. if its soft and the tie rods dangle then you prob. have a bad inner. Try to do all the free/cheap fixes before you start replacing parts.

 

Bad tire?

Move tire to another location on vehicle - see if problem also moves

 

yeah already did my research, i dont kno y i posted that. i kno u can remove it without taken the engine out. just want to kno if i can drive like this for a month and not mess anything else up?

i checked the inner n outter tie rods, bearing nut, shocks, camber kit, rims, tires, axles, all the free/ cheap fixes b4 i posted this. and the only thing i could think of is the rack n pinion. i just didnt think that could b the reason.

 

my car's been driving exactly how you're talking about.
it ended up being a tie rod.
definite possibility is your steering rack.
get your tires rebalanced.
your car is lowered, you're gonna have alignment problems.
maybe just take it to an alignment shop and get the spec's.