Car vibrates at 80 MPH

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Sup guys

This problem just came out of no where. I started noticing this squeeking sound after speed bumbs, mostly after my rear drops off the bumb. My girl says she hears it coming from the front. Dunno, not entirely certain....The car runs fine anywhere under 80 mph, but at 80 or sometimes 75 it'll shake. Not just the wheel, but the entire front end and the dash.....I've tried replacing the front wheels, but it still happens.Any ideas????

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check the suspension, are the tires balanced?

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ya man, just get a tire balance. if that doesnt work then get an aliment check or redone. you usually have to do every so often. that should take care of the problem. (aliments usually cost about 40-60 dollars) depends on where you are from homie.

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Well, i'm not sure if this really makes a difference, but I already tried replacing the wheels and tires off my other s13....doesnt make a difference though

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I get some vibration at 60 but I think it is from a bad t/c rod bushing. I can see the ooze has leaked out

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tire balance, fastest and cheapest and for 80% of the time, that is the problem

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I just replaced front struts and tie-rods ends. I had the front end aligned and tires balanced. I still get vibrations. The bushings in my T/C rods are in shreds. I hope to replace them soon and solve the vibration problem.

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when those bushings completely wipe out you can physically see the whole tire and steering knuckle move forward and back when pressing and releasing the brake pedal.

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sixxdeuce wrote:I get some vibration at 60 but I think it is from a bad t/c rod bushing. I can see "the ooze" has leaked out


wait, wont the ooze turn you into a ninja turtle

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make sure you replace the bushings with some whitelines!!

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if its broke,,, fix it mannn

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Thanks for the useless post:rolleyes

I have the same problem, but mines around 105;)Yeah my T/C rod bushings are almost gone...whitelines, here I come.

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i'm having the same problem i got a 4 wheel aligment but my steering wheels still shakes at about 45mph i know you cant get a front end aligment if your tie rod ends are bad, so mine must be good

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any one bother seriously checking for bent wheels

got a 99 eclipse with maz millenia 17"s 3 of 4 are bent little car shakes @ 40-50 and 70-75 and again @ 115-125

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I shake my 240 at 80 and anything above. It annoys the hell out of me!

It's prolly all of the above for my bruised cruiser, tho :(

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i actually replaced all the wheels back to the 93's. I changed the alloys back to the original 91. (I have 2! HAhahahahah). Seems the previous owner who put on 255/50/15 tires on 6inch wide rims didnt know that staggered sizes meant they should fit the damn wheels~! Well, just to let you guys know, everything's coo now. Thanks peeps!

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What's wrong with the Energy brand T/C rod bushings?


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