Shake at 50 MPH

Ogar

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Does anyone else steering wheel shake like the wheels are not balanced at 50 MPH. This is the only speed it does it at. Just wondering if this pretains to all gen 1's
 

Leecon

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Nope, all Gen 1s wheels do not shake at 50mph. You've got a tire out of balance, warped rotor, or perhaps a damaged rim.
 

Ogar

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See I thought that is was a rotor or wheel as well, but it did it with my stock rotors, wheels, and tires. Now I have all aftermarket rotors, wheels, and tires and it still shakes at 50 M.P.H. and no other time
 

Ogar

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That is why I thought it just might be something in the car that did that. I know that all the VR-4's I have ever driven shook when you got above 100 M.P.H.
 

Luke Walling

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Give us a little more info.

I think perhaps your tires are poorly balanced (my local tire shop never gets his machine calibrated.....) and that is causing some of your trouble. I used to have that problem alot until I figured it out :).

Rotors are also a problem, even with new parts occasionally.. I have installed new parts and had a steering wheel shake, pulled them, had them turned slightly, and reinstalled.. problem solved..

I'm no expert on this subject, but your car shouldn't have a front end shake "just because". I do agree these things seem to be a little touchier than other cars though.
 

devicemanager

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These cars are so tempermental. Check this out. Had some vibration went and had the tires balanced on a hunter machine. The car was perfect. Then put new rotors (NAPA - the better ones, they are awesome btw), then moved the front tires to the rear and put on new tires in the front. Went to the hunter machine to get balanced, they can't get it right. 3 balances later, I have vibration between 65 and 85. I am going back there on Tuesday so the head mechanic (who is on vaction) can do it. We'll see - thry out the hunter 7000 machine. You can do a search on the net and find a website that will tell you who in your area has this machine, the balance is expensive - good luck
 
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