steering wheel shake

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michael_grigoras
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alright i have installed 1mm spacers up front after i did that the steering wheel would shake pretty bad at 45 to 55 i got my wheels alighned hub centric rings i got the wheels balanced to. still shaking bad checked my inner/ outer tie rods theyre fine. i also did some research on this rotors are good spacers arent warped tires good hubs and bearings good as well. im a little frustrated at this problem has anyone had this shake because of t/c rods? thats the only thing that comes to mind at this point. all the help is greatly appreciated


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check for a blown shock or tore up tension army bushings.

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alright checked the shocks still good but the tc bushing has a dime sized rip from top to bottom :eek: so hopefully replacing this will get rid of the shake correct?

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What kind of spacers, do you have a pic?

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Mineis doing the exact same thing after my spacees install. Between 45 and 55. But only sometimes.

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Why do you have 1mm spacers? Do you need them? Was it fine before the spacer?

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Yea mine r ten mil

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michael_grigoras
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they are ichiba 15mm spacers the wheels needed them to clear. so im gonna order my new tension rods and see if that helps i do no have pictures unfortunatly but will update asap. i just want a smooth ride no darn wheel shake haha

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oh sorry not 1mm i meant 15 mm spacers lol it was fine without the spacers before but after taking them off i still get a little shake now

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huh, thats funny cause i have ichiba 15mm spacers in the front n mine also shakes a bit but not bad around the same speed, was thinking it may be my tire might have thrown a weight off an its out of balance,, but i just put new tires n didnt shake without the spacers..

yall think if i thake them to a machine shop they can check for balance or maybe balance them if they are out?

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i forgot to list what i checked shocks are still good inner and outer tie rods brand new rims aren't bent rack is new but when i went to get it balanced the guy didn't take off the old weights and put more on it did get significantly worse any other suggestions of what to check the tension rod bushings are pretty torn up also

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I have the 15mm ichiba spacers also but no wheel shake. Make sure you torque them down correctly because mine came off with the wheel and ichiba ignored all my calls and emails and even started ignoring people from frsport who called for me. With that being even after my wheel came off and my car slid down the road, after i got it all fixed it still doesn't shake. If it helps at all though I have the SPL V3 tension rods

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I can almost bet they are non hubcentric

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they are hub centric but i did find the problems i have bad sway bar bushings inner tie rods are bad and the bushings to the power steering rack are bad, also the ball joints are bad as well so gonna be a fun weekend lol


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