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Old 05-20-14, 08:35 AM
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CO Sterring Wheel Shakes

My Sterring shakes a little when hitting bumps or pot holes. Any Ideas?
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Suggestion: dont drive over potholes.

Something is loose in suspension. You will have to get under the car to find it. Put the car on jack stands and start wiggling and tugging on all parts of suspension. That should make it easy to find the loose part(s).
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Start with your steering rack bolts, make sure they are tight.
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i've seen this with bad shocks/bump stops. although the car needs to be looked at before you go ordering stuff.
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Lower ball joints are worn out. These ball joints don't come separately so you will need to buy the entire lower arm. they run $800 for a pair.


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My Sterring shakes a little when hitting bumps or pot holes. Any Ideas?
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Could be inner or outer tie rods on steering rack also if you jack up a wheel and grab 9 o'clock and 3o'clock position on tire push pull in opposite directions on wheel if it moves there sometimes the culprit and way cheaper then lowers
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bad alignment, wheels unbalanced
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