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shaky wheel
Topic Started: Jan 3 2011, 05:19 PM (716 Views)
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when i am driving down the road going 65 my steering wheel starts to sake real bad and my car starts swaying all over the road i barly feal it when i go 60. what dose that meen about my car?
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Johnny Mullet
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Fear the Mullet

Jack up the front end, grab a tire at 3:00 and 9:00 and shake side to side and also at 12:00 and 6:00 and repeat on other side. If something is loose, then fix it.

Could be a ball joint, inner tie rod, outer tie rod, bearing, broken frame, etc
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Fireball 89
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2.4 Cylinders of Determination

If it passes the above tests, it maybe an out-of-balance wheel(s) as well.

Edward
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Fireball 89
Jan 3 2011, 05:49 PM
If it passes the above tests, it maybe an out-of-balance wheel(s) as well.

Edward
Should that be the case then you can likely isolate the guilty wheel(s) by swapping one front wheel to the back and moving the back to the front, then go for a test drive to see if the condition got better (or worse). If no change or only some improvement then try the other side. Good Luck!
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Several things it could be. Was just going to add to run your hand around all your tires and check to see if you have a bubble on one. They can act strange and feel it in the steering wheel at various speeds.
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JellyBeanDriver


I've been fighting this and finally licked it (I think).
My similar problems have been due to :
- unbalanced wheels - either by the tire guys or wear.
- bent rims
- out of round tires.

The VERY last problem I had was due to a rim that was bent only on the inner lip. It would balance fine but took a lot of weight (1.75 oz) and shook a lot above 65MPH. Had to go to the junkyard and get a new steel wheel. After replacing the wheel the tire only took 1/2 an oz.

I would recommend putting each tire on one of the rear locations, jacking it up and spinning it and look for a bent rim or out of round tire first. The rear tires spin easily and for a long time.

If they look fine, get them balanced and watch the guys and make sure they remove existing weights and rebalance it until it zeros out.

Lastly, put the tires that took the least amount of weight on the front.

If the rims are bent, get new ones.
If the tires are out of round, get new ones.
Edited by JellyBeanDriver, Jan 3 2011, 10:41 PM.
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