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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ steering wheel shaking errrrr

Posted by: a.munoz3 Aug 1 2005, 12:18 AM

well............ ive had my 914 quite a while but havent had much time to mess around with but never hardly tooken it on the freeway. I decided why not hmm take it on the freeway and about 60 mph my steering wheel shakes and it shakes less if i speed up ?? confusing do i need to have a balance job done?

Posted by: Jeroen Aug 1 2005, 04:34 AM

most likely, your wheels/tires need to be balanced

also check for play on the wheel bearings and balljoint

Posted by: ArtechnikA Aug 1 2005, 06:12 AM

and tie rods...

Posted by: KevinP Aug 1 2005, 07:38 AM

Think I would check the brake rotors too....

Posted by: Aaron Cox Aug 1 2005, 08:36 AM

check wheel balance...and get your car aligned.......

Posted by: ! Aug 1 2005, 08:58 AM

Could be flat spotted tires as well.

Posted by: tdgray Aug 1 2005, 09:09 AM

QUOTE (a.munoz3 @ Aug 1 2005, 02:18 AM)
but never hardly tooken it on the freeway

Have them check your grammer along with everything mentioned above

Sorry just giving you

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Aug 1 2005, 09:18 AM

I had the same problem. Just got new tires mounted and balanced the other day and the problem is completely gone.

-Tony

Posted by: lapuwali Aug 1 2005, 10:47 AM

Try swapping your front tires to the back and see if the problem changes. If it's wheel balance or an out-of-round tire, there will still be vibration, but you'll feel it through your butt instead of through the steering wheel. If it doesn't change, it's a wheel bearing or a balljoint, most likely.

Posted by: a.munoz3 Aug 1 2005, 01:19 PM

thx for the help

Posted by: RustyWa Aug 1 2005, 01:30 PM

When you get your wheels spin balanced, will the machine notice if your tire has a problem like a flat spot or a problem with a rim?

Posted by: lapuwali Aug 1 2005, 01:47 PM

QUOTE (RustyWa @ Aug 1 2005, 11:30 AM)
When you get your wheels spin balanced, well the machine notice if your tire has a problem like a flat spot or a problem with a rim?

The tech should notice. You can see it wobble on the machine, and it will be hard to impossible to balance.