sarjxxx
Junior Member
I've been plagued for a few months now with a rather serious vibration in my steering. All the troubleshooting I've done so far has not panned out so hopefully somebody can help.
Specifically what is happening is that when I reach highway speeds, it varies - usually between 60-80 mph - I develop a serious back-and-forth vibration/deflection in the steering wheel that kinda tends to come and go as it pleases.
So far I've had the tires re-balanced 3x, rotated twice, and an alignment done, and nothing has gotten rid of the problem. I've had the tires checked by 3 different shops, once at the dealer, once by a local shop in town, and again by another very reputable shop in town. I had that shop actually check balance agian a week later after I explained to them the issue did not go away after the first time but they were unable to find any balance issues the second time. I thought it was the tires at first since the problem is very similar to out-of-balance tires but that has not solved it. I had them rotated once again after this shop checked balance and the problem did not change at all after the rotation, leading me to believe the issue was not tire/wheel related since putting different tires on the front didn't stop it, but apparently somewhere in the driveline.
Also, given that the symptoms tend to be worse when slightly turning at speed, usually the amount of turn that is made for a lane change or really wide curves, my research led me to believe it must be the wheel bearings. Last night my new set arrived, I installed the new hubs, and all that turned out to be was a waste of time and money. The problem has not improved at all, in fact maybe I'm just imagining it but my drive to work this morning it feels as though it may have gotten worse by some degree. This issue has been getting incrementally worse over time and at this point I'm at a loss for what is causing it or what might be in danger of breaking...
I should also mention I did a complete brake job on the front end about 20,000 ago so I don't think it's rotor related either. Also the issue doesn't seem to present itself any differently when braking than when driving.
Somebody help, please
Specifically what is happening is that when I reach highway speeds, it varies - usually between 60-80 mph - I develop a serious back-and-forth vibration/deflection in the steering wheel that kinda tends to come and go as it pleases.
So far I've had the tires re-balanced 3x, rotated twice, and an alignment done, and nothing has gotten rid of the problem. I've had the tires checked by 3 different shops, once at the dealer, once by a local shop in town, and again by another very reputable shop in town. I had that shop actually check balance agian a week later after I explained to them the issue did not go away after the first time but they were unable to find any balance issues the second time. I thought it was the tires at first since the problem is very similar to out-of-balance tires but that has not solved it. I had them rotated once again after this shop checked balance and the problem did not change at all after the rotation, leading me to believe the issue was not tire/wheel related since putting different tires on the front didn't stop it, but apparently somewhere in the driveline.
Also, given that the symptoms tend to be worse when slightly turning at speed, usually the amount of turn that is made for a lane change or really wide curves, my research led me to believe it must be the wheel bearings. Last night my new set arrived, I installed the new hubs, and all that turned out to be was a waste of time and money. The problem has not improved at all, in fact maybe I'm just imagining it but my drive to work this morning it feels as though it may have gotten worse by some degree. This issue has been getting incrementally worse over time and at this point I'm at a loss for what is causing it or what might be in danger of breaking...
I should also mention I did a complete brake job on the front end about 20,000 ago so I don't think it's rotor related either. Also the issue doesn't seem to present itself any differently when braking than when driving.
Somebody help, please