R34 Bad Steering Wheel Shake

[AYW550]

im not sure why, but sometimes when i drive my car i get a really bad shake in the steering wheel, i can tell its deffinately coming from the front passenger wheel, as the shaking is sometimes so bad that it sounds like a helicopter!

but its weird how it does it ,like i might drive the car 3 or 4, or more, times to work, a distance of 30km each way and it will never do it, then one time it will decide to do it, but generally it will only shake and shutter for a few km's, regardless of speed, and then it will somehow, almost magically, drive out of it and be super smooth

ive never hit a curb or any big holes, my wheels were aligned almost a year ago when i got the car lowered and my rims came balanced already, all my brakes and other suspension parts are standard parts and the car drives dead straight, virtually no pull either left or right, it even drive pretty straight when shaking

the car never did it before i got new wheels and lowered,

any ideas what could be going on here? could it be a worn bushing or tie rod end or something?

thanks all

[R34 -_-]

rubbing on anything? my car rubbed on my front guards (more so on the left)

[DaGr81]

Had a similar problem it was my tie rod end bought new rose jointed ones for 150 or so from just jap 80 to fit them up at pedders

look at em you can tell if it's damaged or stuffed. Or Jack the car up and see if you can rock the wheel back and forward

[AYW550]

Had a similar problem it was my tie rod end bought new rose jointed ones for 150 or so from just jap 80 to fit them up at pedders

look at em you can tell if it's damaged or stuffed. Or Jack the car up and see if you can rock the wheel back and forward

thanks mate, good idea, ill check em out this weekend

[AYW550]

rubbing on anything? my car rubbed on my front guards (more so on the left)

nah no rubbing, unless im full lock but even then its just on the plastic bits inside the fenders

[iseekool]

im not sure why, but sometimes when i drive my car i get a really bad shake in the steering wheel, i can tell its deffinately coming from the front passenger wheel, as the shaking is sometimes so bad that it sounds like a helicopter!

but its weird how it does it ,like i might drive the car 3 or 4, or more, times to work, a distance of 30km each way and it will never do it, then one time it will decide to do it, but generally it will only shake and shutter for a few km's, regardless of speed, and then it will somehow, almost magically, drive out of it and be super smooth

ive never hit a curb or any big holes, my wheels were aligned almost a year ago when i got the car lowered and my rims came balanced already, all my brakes and other suspension parts are standard parts and the car drives dead straight, virtually no pull either left or right, it even drive pretty straight when shaking

the car never did it before i got new wheels and lowered,

any ideas what could be going on here? could it be a worn bushing or tie rod end or something?

thanks all

Does this usually happen when braking? If so your rotors are on their way out. Best get a replacement rotors and while you are at it - get some new pads too. I had a similar problem.

Also could be the road surface as some roads have small waves giving the impression of problems with the car, especialy if you have big wheels

[AYW550]

Does this usually happen when braking? If so your rotors are on their way out. Best get a replacement rotors and while you are at it - get some new pads too. I had a similar problem.

Also could be the road surface as some roads have small waves giving the impression of problems with the car, especialy if you have big wheels

[AYW550]

Does this usually happen when braking? If so your rotors are on their way out. Best get a replacement rotors and while you are at it - get some new pads too. I had a similar problem.

Also could be the road surface as some roads have small waves giving the impression of problems with the car, especialy if you have big wheels

never happens as a result of braking, although when it is shaking and i do need to brake, its strong enough to make the brake pedal 'pump'

i know what you mean and its a much different feeling then that feeling of waves in the road

[AYW550]

another confusing trait of this problem is that if its doing the shaking when i park the car up for awhile, the shaking will most offen have cured its self and be gone the next time i drive the car!

[AYW550]

Had a similar problem it was my tie rod end bought new rose jointed ones for 150 or so from just jap 80 to fit them up at pedders

look at em you can tell if it's damaged or stuffed. Or Jack the car up and see if you can rock the wheel back and forward

got the front lifted up, the bushing do look like they are showing their age with a bit of cracking on the outside but cant move the wheel forward or back...

[TriniGT]

Checked mine today as I had a similar problem, changed brake pads, and my tension rods were busted so replaced them with some adjustuable pillow ball rods. Has certainly made a difference, no noise and it is definitely firmer on the road. On review I have notice that the driver side out rack end is shot so this week it is changing, gonna change both same time.

[DaGr81]

got the front lifted up, the bushing do look like they are showing their age with a bit of cracking on the outside but cant move the wheel forward or back...

Did you try both sides? Hmm maybe get pedders to do a cheapie suspension and steering check and see what they come up with

[BeEnAr]

I rekon they'll come up with you giving them between $900 - $2100 lol

[AYW550]

yeah ill have them take a good look at it for its next WOF this month and let yas know what they say,

seems quite a mystery - went on a wee road trip last week and it was fine at first for about 10km , then it started shaking a litle bit then got worse, didnt matter how fast or slow i went then about 10 km later it sumhow fixed its self and was perfectly smooth for the remaining 400km trip, but then did it briefly again the next day driving to work

Edited November 1, 2009 by AYW550

[AYW550]

turns out that my front passenger calliper is seized on

shop is taking it apart now, i had this happen on the rear before too, was caused by a flap of rubber comming off inside the brakeline and acting as a oneway valve...

wonder what the damage will be