 Speaking of vibrations.., and not the good kind |
 Jun 8, 2007 - 3:17 PM
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Whenever I get my car up to speed around 90-100 km/h, I get a really bad vibration back through the steering column and my steering wheel shakes like mad. I only started noticing this after I got my new rims and tires, so I assume it's related. Could I be in need of a wheel alignment? Wheel bearing? MY wheels were bigger than stock, can that have anything to do with it? It's rather annoying I must say. Help!
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Jun 14, 2007 - 12:12 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 4, '06 From Kelowna, BC Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
I took my car in yesterday and had all four wheels re-balanced for no charge. Apparently, the shop's computer was "out" for a while and they had it re-calibrated two weeks ago (pretty well 2 weeks after I bought my tires
). Turns out all of the wheels were balanced incorrectly with the driver side rear being the worst at 1.5 oz off.I didn't have much distance between the shop and my place, but I found some road, gunned it up to 120 and didn't have any problems except for the usual lumps and bumps in the road. 
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Jun 15, 2007 - 1:34 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 30, '04 From So Cal Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
QUOTE(Sinyk @ Jun 14, 2007 - 10:12 AM) [snapback]568465[/snapback] I took my car in yesterday and had all four wheels re-balanced for no charge. Apparently, the shop's computer was "out" for a while and they had it re-calibrated two weeks ago (pretty well 2 weeks after I bought my tires ). Turns out all of the wheels were balanced incorrectly with the driver side rear being the worst at 1.5 oz off.I didn't have much distance between the shop and my place, but I found some road, gunned it up to 120 and didn't have any problems except for the usual lumps and bumps in the road. Glad to hear. Thank goodness you haven't made your tire all bumpy yet 
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Sinyk Speaking of vibrations.. Jun 8, 2007 - 3:17 PM
95CelicaST First, go get your wheels balanced. That would be ... Jun 8, 2007 - 3:31 PM
Sinyk QUOTE(95CelicaST @ Jun 8, 2007 - 3:3... Jun 8, 2007 - 3:38 PM 95CelicaST It could be. Its definately worth a try. I mean, y... Jun 8, 2007 - 3:52 PM jason un-balanced wheels should make some kind of vibrat... Jun 8, 2007 - 4:55 PM Sinyk Well, I think I may take my car in and get them to... Jun 8, 2007 - 5:18 PM LewFX me think its a bearing, too common of a problem fo... Jun 8, 2007 - 6:11 PM eggman40 another possibility is that your tire pressure is ... Jun 8, 2007 - 10:56 PM Racer_J Yeah, it's your wheel balancing. I've exp... Jun 13, 2007 - 2:58 AM DSToyo its most likely the wheel balancing, i had the sam... Jun 13, 2007 - 9:32 AM Sinyk I'm going to be taking it in after work today ... Jun 13, 2007 - 10:57 AM 95CelicaST Awesome. Thats great news. Isn't that better t... Jun 14, 2007 - 12:18 PM CelicaDrifter80 Hey having somewhat that same problem but, A) My t... Jun 21, 2007 - 9:32 PM |
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