Shaking car

[Kor'axis]

Well, i have a problem with my car...

whenever i go over 100 my car starts to shake. when i reach 120 it really starts to shake. Does any body have any idea what might be wrong with my car. the shaking seems to be totally dependent on the speed as it doesn't matter how many revs the car is doing.

i suppose it's got something to do with the suspension? as a prblm with the motor would be more to do with revs than speed

Any ideas?

Kor

[Silver-Arrowz]

Wheels balanced?

[foznice]

sounds like you have unbalanced wheels... most motor mechanics should be able to balance them for under 10dollars

[Kor'axis]

i just had them aligned is that the same thing or different?

[Silver-Arrowz]

That's different. Alignement is to get the suspension geometry right. Wheel balancing is to make sure the wheel itself weights evenly from side to side.

[Kor'axis]

cheers dude!

[Rain]

cheers dude!

I had this problem but even a ballance did not fix it. I thought it may be a buckled wheel but I found out most mags are not made to be vehicle spacific and hub sizes will vary from car to car. You could try Hub locaters. These are small plastic rings that sit in your wheels and this leaves no gap between the wheel and hub. It worked for me but because I had driven with the shudder for a while the tyres needed changing because they were worn unevenly. With new tyres and the hub locaters I dont have the problem anymore.

Hope this helps.

[R32Skyliner]

You haven't got flat spots on your tyres do you? Been pulling handbrakies? This can also cause the car the shake quite violently at this sort of speed.

[Silver-Arrowz]

Don't you love this about cars? It could be anything!

[usuckpoo]

Yes check the hub diameter as they r vehicle specific

Most pple are on the impression that as long as the pcd meets your vehicle's specifications, the wheels should fit no problem

[StuiE]

Do you have spacers?

[Guilty]

umm i had exactly the same problem..i got my car wheel balanced and also the hub locater thingy done and the problem was still there.

What i foudn was that my rear side mirror was the thing shaking. I always thought that my back window was shaking sso i was like wTF???...but den i figured my rear side mirror shakes whenever i go over 100. I have no idea why tho.......i still have figured out how to fix this...its quite weird actually

[Kor'axis]

no, i got my wheels balanced yesterday, all of them where slightly out, but they had all been balanced by the previous owner. now the car is not shaking anymore. But yeah my side mirrors, and rear view mirror have been shaking too. But at least the car isn't shaking?

[Kor'axis]

i don't think i have spacers!

[trent_tr5]

Hey, i had the same problem in my 300zx its a common one with them.

The centre bearing in the driveshaft was faulty that happens with most zeds i dunno bout skylines though. Worth a look