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    Senior Member clg82's Avatar
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    Shaky stearing wheel.....

    Well whenever I drive above 50 mph i get a strong shimmy if you will in the steering wheel. If i let go of the wheel the car drives straight and true. but the shimmy is annoying. i had the tires balanced and that didn't seem to help so what could be the problem?
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    Warped rotor maybe, does it do it under braking too? My second guess would be a bent rim.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sfletch2000 View Post
    Warped rotor maybe, does it do it under braking too? My second guess would be a bent rim.
    they are all new rims and tires and I just installed new brakes and rotors. doesn't do it when I am braking like it used to when my rotors were warped. any other suggestions

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    i have the same problem. mine doesn't start until about 50 but it goes away around 65. i'm getting some good technicians to look at it soon...i'll let you know what turns out.

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    mine does it under braking also it does this weird thing like it's braking...then slips a bit, then catches again. is that rotors or brakes?

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    Not sure if this will help but my dad has a 1996 Corvette, he bought new rims and tires off of e-bay a couple years ago, I think sumitoyo was the brand of tires, they were relatively cheap for the size but looked like a good tire, the second year with the new tires the car developed the exact symptoms you are describing, it would start to shimmy at 62-65 mph, it would come and go, had the tires balanced 2 times, finally he it took to a experienced tire shop and they found the right front tire was out of round, i would have never guessed it would be a tire, it felt like something was wore in the front end, they recommended to replace both front tires, installed 2 new tires and problem was gone, even went with sumitoyo.

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    Also have your alignment checked. Mine would do that also and would even drive straight when I let go of the wheel, but the alignment was off by 3 degrees. Once it was alighned, no more shaking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike's TA View Post
    Also have your alignment checked. Mine would do that also and would even drive straight when I let go of the wheel, but the alignment was off by 3 degrees. Once it was alighned, no more shaking.
    I had a bit of shake a while back and I had to take it in. it was off by a very little bit, but it definitely fixed it.

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