Steering Wheel "shakes" At High Speed

[tonich]

I bought my V35 3 months ago and I haven't really try out the speed.

I tried to step down the peddal but when is starts to reach 130km + the steering starts to "vibrate" or shakes and I am afraid to speed up further and it does not goes straight.

is it because of wheel alignment?

Edited February 3, 2010 by tonich

[Mayuri Krab]

Wheel balance

[V35_Paul]

Yep get a wheel alignment that the best place to start.

[fcruz3r]

try a wheel balance first....out of alignment usually causes the car to pull left or right but doesn't cause it to shake.

u may have a bent wheel without realising it

[Calvz86]

I had the same problem actually. Completed allignment and it was still doing it.. Found out that one of the rims was buckled ( inner part of the wheel was buckled due to previous owner hit sumthn real hard like a big pot hole or wateva ) replaced wheel and it was fine..

[alr33x]

alignment has nothing to do with shakes.. u needa balance one of ur weights might have fallen off or are not accurate i doubt your rim is buckled you would probaly know if thats the case.

130+kz on a track right? haha.

probaly cost you like $15bucks to fix.

[30Five]

Had the same problem a while back, got my Wheels balanced and it fixed the problem.

[Will Power]

yeah most likely requires a wheel alignment

[alr33x]

yeah most likely requires a wheel alignment

*facepalm*

if one more person says wheel alignment im guna go nuts.

alignment has NOTHING to do with shaking its a balance. alignment will just make the car pull left/right or whatever.

if im wrong feel free to flame me.. but i doubt it.

[Eldubb]

Wheel.......ALIGNMENT!!!

[alr33x]

Wheel.......ALIGNMENT!!!

lol

[mad082]

could be wheel balance, could just be shitty tyres, could be a damaged rim, and if it stops doing it the moment you lift off then it is an engine mount

[alr33x]

start with a balance to keep ya costs down..

/thread

[HEKT1K]

could be wheel balance, could just be shitty tyres, could be a damaged rim, and if it stops doing it the moment you lift off then it is an engine mount

investigate this second.. happened to my dad back when he had his prelude, got wheels balanced (even an alignment as well lol, but it was tracking a bit side to side) and it still did it. brand new yoko tyres and the problem disappeared

[tonich]

*facepalm*

if one more person says wheel alignment im guna go nuts.

alignment has NOTHING to do with shaking its a balance. alignment will just make the car pull left/right or whatever.

if im wrong feel free to flame me.. but i doubt it.

actually when I bought the car, I had MTA checked the car and they suggest wheel alignment as the car was pulling to right slightly. as with the wheels they did have some scratches and I don't think they are bent. anyway lets do both balance and alignment.

[V35_Paul]

Turn the Bass down on your sound system that will stop the shakes and vibrate

[fcruz3r]

or drive at 180km/h ...it could just be engine resonance so driving faster should smoothen the shakes

Edited February 5, 2010 by fcruz3r