Left wheel shakes in hard left corners

[award78]

I Need Help

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Hey guys I am seriously sick of my car. I just replaced my tension rods (with megans, I know I'm on a budjet), left outer tie rod, rotors and pads on all four corners, 4 new tires, and my horn just to get this **** thing inspected. Oh yeah, $80 alignment as well. However, $1k later I now have a violent wheel shake when making hard left turns. It sounds and feels like its coming from the front left wheel and only happens when when I'm turning hard to the left. Right turns are smooth at all speeds. If it's over 55-60 mph it gets violent and causes me to slow down. These are corners that I cant take much faster than 65 or 70 anyway but still, it feels like my car's going to fall apart.

This ever happen to anyone? I'm seriously considering selling this peice of S**AAAAAAAT and trading it in on a brand new KIA. Not really but I'm really pissed off.

Tomorrow I'll take it to the garage that mounted my tires just to make sure that they actually balanced the one.

also anyone have megan tension rods, are they supposed to be this loud. Sounds like I'm riding on rims. Loud thud on every small bump.

[adrianfromthecastle]

sounds like a balancing issue, rather than suspension...

take you wheel off and see if theres any bends or imperfections on the inner lip, and also get the tire balanced too.

[award78]

they were balanced (should have been) when they were mounted. I'm going back to the shop tomorrow to make sure he did the job right.Maybe it's a wheel bearing or bad shock?

[adrianfromthecastle]

Maybe it's a wheel bearing or bad shock?

it could be the shocks if they're blown... but I could only imagine it shaking violently if theres bumps on the road when you turn

do you know how to check if theyre blown?

also, you said "it sounds"... what sounds are you talking about? And did you install the tie rod correctly? Your tie rods can greatly affect your steering

[award78]

it could be the shocks if they're blown... but I could only imagine it shaking violently if theres bumps on the road when you turn

do you know how to check if theyre blown?

also, you said "it sounds"... what sounds are you talking about? And did you install the tie rod correctly? Your tie rods can greatly affect your steering

Actually i was in a corner at 60mph and hit a bump and it started to shake. Not sure how to check for blown shocks, maybe I'll ask the mechanic.

I think the thud sound over every bump is from the megan tension rods. It's just a loud thud jarring the car over even the smallest bumps.

[award78]

mechanic says everything is good except struts are worn. He didn't say it was a blown strut just worn. Anybody ever experience the symptoms of worn shocks/struts?