Steering wheel shakes...

[DJ Lazy]

Lately my steering wheel has been shaking when I am between 60-90 km/h... I own a 92 prelude.. Just trying to find out the possible (most likely) reasons this would happen. Before I go to a mechanic and have him possibly screw me over...

I was thinking alignment.. finboy told me it could also be tie-rod ends... any other idea's... I know the ball joints were done before I bought it, so I would *assume* the the tie rod ends would have been checked at the same time. :dunno:

Any suggestions???

[3G]

warped rotors?

[DJ Lazy]

hmmm don't think so.. cuz it doesn't shake when I am slowing down.... just when I am cruising does it shake.. I could be wrong..

[CRXguy]

tires need to be re-balanced?

[Moe Man]

balance your tires

[DJ Lazy]

Originally posted by CRXguy
tires need to be re-balanced?



Originally posted by Moe Man
balance your tires


You guys really think thats all it is?? it has shaken violently twice.. in a 3 week period, driving pretty much everyday...

Dunno what that is from... but I'm still gonna get it checked this weekend... just want as many idea's as to what it could be...

[kaiser<lucy>]

wheel out of round? when i bent my rim the steering wheel would shake whenever i hit a significant speed.

[Gazoo]

Could be a tie rod end or bent wheel

...but it's mostly likely that one of your wheels threw a weight.

Look for the missing weight's marks on the wheel and get that wheel balanced.

[heavyearly87t]

Snow or mud on the inside of the rim will cause that.

Re-torque your lug nuts or have a shop do it. They always tell me to re-torque my lugs after 100 km if the wheels have been off the car.

start simple and work to hard. It saves time & money.

[DJ Lazy]

I found that one of the weights is missing on and I did use some tire sealant a couple weeks ago, so I'm not sure if that could cause the wheels to get out of balance.. But I am taking in tomorrow to get winter tires put on, so I will post again to see if that fixed the problem...

[DJ Lazy]

New tires. problem gone... :D

But Now I got another which i will start a new thread for later.. :(