This 45-75 m.p.h. wheel shaking makes me feel like i'm driving a big turd. Also occurs when brakes are lightly pressed, but dissapears when stomped on. EVERYTHING is new- powerslot rotors, ebc pads, energy master kit , ball joints/tie rods, tires are balanced, bled the system, new pep boys cv's, what the freig is up? I Hate this shaking bullshit.Help me i'm going nuts.

 

even though the rotors are new, doesn't mean they are not warped. have them checked. the wheels, especially aftermarket, have the tendency to not sit properly on the hub, first thing you can do is to jack the car up and loosen the wheel lugs and retighten them in the proper fashion, cross, equaly tightening each untill all are tight (how many times can YOU say tight in one scentence? ) or get hubcentric rings. rotate your wheels, that helps a lot also. make sure your steering rack is adjusted properly, mine was loose, after two minutes with a gas wrench under the car, shaking diminished and the steering got much tighter (lol).
your inner tie rods might be shot as well. go under the car and (make sure the car is very stable!!) shake the steering rack and tie rods around.
good luck
stan

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[Modified by 90crxsi, 8:18 PM 11/25/2002]

 

How are your rear drums? Normally if your brakes are pressed and the wheel shakes, its your rear drums.

 

i've changed the shoes but never had thedrums resurfaced--should try that and see what happens? But how can that make the wheel shake it is not connected to the rack at all?

 

are your tires at the correct pressure?

 

My car did that too. Had a wheel alignment done and it fixed it. Drives like new!

 

I think I'll get it aligned and see what happens. Thanks buddy.

 

Have the wheels speed-balanced!

 

well i rotated my tires and now it shakes a lil also like u say
i say bc the tires are all worn out and its out of balance... also my car needs aligment bad.. so , il say align the car, and have u r wheels balance...see if it helps

 

yeah, this fixed my problem.
-kev