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Car a bit shaky whats wrong?

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Old 11-04-07, 01:29 AM
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Default Car a bit shaky whats wrong?

Im not sure whats really wrong. The car is a bit shaky at times usually at a bit faster speeds. My guess were maybe the ball-joints or engine/tranny mount. Anyone else have any guesses? I cancelled out the tires being balanced because when i put new tires on my rims about 3 weeks ago i had them mount and balance it. I got 20" rims by the way if that may factor some problems in.
Old 11-04-07, 10:11 AM
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Just take it somewhere and have them do a visual check of the suspension components, and take a look at the brakes, and mounts. It probably is something with the ball joints, but it could still be the engine and tranny mounts.
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I thought it was my ball joints also (my upper one is shot) but my brake rotors were also glazed over, and once I replaced them, tha shaking disappeared. Thank God
my car looks better now too! slotted & dimpled rotors ftw!
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Mine does the same thing sometimes, when I get up to a faster speed it will begin to shake just a touch, I was thinking that it was possibly that my tires needed to be balanced but I figure it would be worth it to go ahead and check the brake rotors, ball joints, and engine/tranny mounts.
Old 11-04-07, 09:21 PM
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These cars are very sensitive to wheel balance. If your wheels were not balanced with a road force machine, that could be an issue.
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