insanely shaking steering wheel???

[42na2cb7]

My steering wheel is shaking while im doing 80mph in the highway... I know my shocks are shot.. but also when i let go of the steering wheel it pulls to the right by itself... im not sure what needs to be replaced??

[TracieS]

Wheels out of balance or just a alignment. or possible tie rod. Just a few of the basic. if you jack up the car and take off the right wheel and move it to left to right then its your tie rod.

[42na2cb7]

Wheels out of balance or just a alignment. or possible tie rod. Just a few of the basic. if you jack up the car and take off the right wheel and move it to left to right then its your tie rod.

yeah, when I jack up the car with the wheels on.. i try to shake the wheel and it shakes that it seems not to be tight locked.. im aware coz its my dd...

[Restless]

Shaking could be your ignition maybe not sparking right or something, but yeah if it pulls to the right you're going to need a wheel alignment. I just got one today cause my camber kit got loose on my front right tire

[91b20ed]

Wheels out of balance or just a alignment. or possible tie rod. Just a few of the basic. if you jack up the car and take off the right wheel and move it to left to right then its your tie rod.

^^^^this

also check the ball joints, wheel bearings, control arm and radius arm bushings. all of these are common problems for front end shake and movement. all it takes is a prybar and 2 hands to check all of the above.

jack the car up like stated above and grab the tire.

side to side=tie rods(inner and outer)/wheel bearings
up and down=upper ball joints/wheel bearings
pry up on the bottom of the tire and watch for excesive lower ball joint movement. this will tell you if they are bad or not. same goes for the control arm bushings. pry around(anywhere you can get a good bite with the prybar up against the control arm) and look for excesive movement on the control arm and radius arm.

hope you get it fixed, good luck.

[deevergote]

All of the advice given here is good.

I just wanted to add two other possibilities. Tire damage (such as cupping or extreme camber wear, common when your car is lowered) can cause vibrations
Also, damaged shocks will allow the wheels to bounce, which would indeed be a source of shaking.

Those are less likely, judging from your description, but they're things to be aware of.

[92cb7sk8er]

just thowing out my opinion but to me sounds like your wheel bearing my 93 civic did the same thing when i hit 80mph the wheel would start to shake really hard and it would pull to the right we jacked the car up the wheel shook back and forth freely so we change the wheel brearing and it fixed it all but my car also need alined but like i said its just my opinion and good luck bro!

[42na2cb7]

just thowing out my opinion but to me sounds like your wheel bearing my 93 civic did the same thing when i hit 80mph the wheel would start to shake really hard and it would pull to the right we jacked the car up the wheel shook back and forth freely so we change the wheel brearing and it fixed it all but my car also need alined but like i said its just my opinion and good luck bro!

yea but isnt it if the wheel bearing is broke it would make a noise or something.... but im assuming thats it tho... thanks man...

[TuneAccordingly]

My car does the same thing except it immediately starts pulling hard to the right as soon as I take off and shakes pulling to the right the whole time im driving lol funny thing I made a thread similar to this one days ago and still no reponse

[TuneAccordingly]

It also clunks on the passsenger side wen I turn the steering wheel, im thinking its the tie rod

[42na2cb7]

My car does the same thing except it immediately starts pulling hard to the right as soon as I take off and shakes pulling to the right the whole time im driving lol funny thing I made a thread similar to this one days ago and still no reponse

yea they said is most likely the tie rod... and i gotta hold the steering wheel harder than i should because its fighting to pull to the right... really annoying.... and i tried to rotate the tires to see if theres any improvement it just made thing worst... talkin bout going crazy..! hahaha...

[91b20ed]

It also clunks on the passsenger side wen I turn the steering wheel, im thinking its the tie rod

that could also be your cv shaft. check the shaft for torn boots and slung greese. if its torn and grease is all over the place thats more than likely where the clicking is comin from while turning.

[92cb7sk8er]

my civic never made an nose till i hit 80mph but i had a geo that would shake and make nose when ever but yeah... it may be your tie rods but check your cv joint to a click may come from there when turning

[learningkid]

I had a pretty similar problem except it was from about 55 onward.. lol

I had some pretty insane wear on the inside of the front tires that i was

unaware of. Due to an unlucky streak of flat rear tires it had slipped my mind

to rotate them.. so they had been up there going on two years..

[XcluziveAZN]

check your tire and get them rotate and balance and see if that stop the shake @ 80