Scrubb Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Hey the Steering wheel in my EX shakes on smooth roads and when going like 60+ what causes this? I was told I need the wheels balanced.. is this expensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 A wheel balance will take 5 minutes and shouldnt cost you more than $20 for all four corners. A wheel out of balance will definately cause the steering wheel to shake and is the cheapest and easiest thing to do to rule out the problem. Could also be caused by other issues but try getting them balanced and see how you go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 yeah will most lickely be an unbalanced rear wheel.Try that first and see what happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUL8R Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Also , if you get a really bad vibration, get that the tire doesnt have any flat spots, noticible at certain kms, but not at others. Cheers,Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 TRust me, flat spot feel totally different to out of balance wheels! Just remembered about that lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sholdowa Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Mine seems to get the shakes about Sunday lunchtime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Dont shake it so many times then. You know that more than 3 times means your playing with yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 The other possibility is dented rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 balance will phase out after certain k's e.g come in at 60 and out at 80 etc flat spots dont disapear but blanaceing wheels is cheap as chips so do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ke36 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 yeah will most lickely be an unbalanced rear wheel.Try that first and see what happens front wheels bo3 not rear yea it will be out of balance wheels most likely check they are not wearing unevenly, had it happen on a car i bought new tyres but had bad wheel alingnment and the front to got shagged on the inside fast as so put them out of balance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakamin Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 front wheels bo3 not rear Not necessarily... when I first lowered the merc, I towed a log splitter to palmy and over 80 the front/steering wheel shook so bad I actually stopped to check teh wheel nuts... it was so bad my horn-ring was rattling on the steering wheel! got to palmy, unhooked log splitter and drove down the road all the way to 140 without even the slightest wobble... and I used to do tyres/wheel alignments in oz in the mid 90's so I sorta thought I'd fucked something, but the whole time it was the log splitter I was towing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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