shaking car!!!

[ish493]

okay my car shakes wen i hit 50 mph or above i just replaced the axle and the wheel bearing is good tire are align and balanced but can the rack and pinion couse it to shake it only shakes the driver side wheel please help need to fix it bye monday cus i gota go to portland.

[James Matteu]

Wheel weights can fall off, even if an alignment was just completed; it is not unheard of. See if your driver side wheel is missing any weights. If so, the tire place will usually replace it free-of-charge.

[ish493]

nope they all have weights

[magicdragon]

try getting them rebalanced
go some were else and get it done

and how bad is it shaking on a scale of 1-10



my moms 07 civic had a problem similar to that when she was on the high way it would shake, but it turned out to be the rotors and a miss alignment

[kls023]

One other problem can be your tie rods or your lower control arms. The lower control arms in my old EG were so shot, it would shake at every chance it could get. Raise the front of your car, and push/pull your wheel left/right. If it wiggles, it could just be your tie rods. If the shake is real bad though, it could possibly be your lower control arms. Just another thing you can look into.

[grunter666]

I just checked out an Acura Legend with a similar problem. The guy had the axles changed and it went away. Six months later he was asking me to check it out for a side to side wobble at lower speeds, he had been dealing with a freeway shake before the axles were changed. I had hiim re-balance the new tires he had put on, but, the shake continued. I did a more thorough inspection of the replacement axles and found that the right side axle had some abnormal looseness at the outboard joint. He took it back to the shop and they replaced the right side axle under warranty. Problem solved! Don't think that just because an axle has been changed already that they can't go bad again, especially if they were rebuilt and not new. I suggest putting new ones nowadays because the prices have dropped into the realm of reality. Check the shafts again.

[deevergote]

It is very possible to install an axle improperly. The rings need to snap into place. People have installed axles without making sure they're snapped into place, and managed to put everything back together again... only to experience a shake. That would be the first thing I'd look for, if you're SURE your wheels are balanced (just having weights means nothing... if a weight or two fell off, it will make a drastic difference at speed.)

[drew12000]

how are your motor mounts?

[old honda tek]

rotate your tires front to back and see if it still shakes .

[deevergote]

how are your motor mounts?

Mounts are more likely to cause a shake at idle, not speed. Though I suppose if they're REALLY bad, they could cause the engine to sit crooked, which could lead to shaking due to the axles being at an odd angle... That's pretty extreme, though.

[dreamability]

Does your steering wheel shake when you apply the breaks at freeway speed?
If so, it could be your rotors, at least that was my experience.
I would get a shake between 65 and 70, but that's it, until I applied the brakes and it would shake the steering wheel out of my hand.
I know you said nothing about steering wheel shake but thought I might just add my circumstance.

[93blackcb7]

it sounds like your wheeles are just out of balance to me

[ish493]

okay i rotated my tires and it stoped the shakin a bit but on my front passenger side i only got two lug nuts and the other two lugnuts are striped ima replace them monday mornin but it might also be the axle cus i just got it replaced and this hapened right after it got replaced so ill have to see about it ill fill u guys in more wen i do the lug nuts.

[ish493]

okay i just replaced the studs lol and now it dont shake lol yay problem fixed!!!; )

[speedfr3ak]

nice to hear that buddy now go rip up some v dubs i am a 98 vr6 goin downn