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rear shaking/ wobble control arms?

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Old 12-26-12, 06:43 PM
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Default rear shaking/ wobble control arms?

i have had my tires balanced a ton of times by three diferent locations. even when i first bought my car used i would get a wobble from the rear at 85mph and up. the shaking isn't as consistent as a badly balanced tire. it gives like two or three shakes in a row then a quick pause then shakes again.
had continental change the tires already and when i was running stock tires it had the same issue.
im lowered on bc coils and felt the shaking a bit more since its lowered.
got on 06 is350 rwd.
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Have you had the wheels checked for bends or other defects?
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Originally Posted by Gville350
Have you had the wheels checked for bends or other defects?
yea they did that when they replaced the tires.
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anyone one local that i can swap back wheels with to see if it is rims? im in cutler ridge
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Did the car have those same wheels on it when you purchased the car? Can you tell id it seems to be coming one side or the other?
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Originally Posted by Gville350
Did the car have those same wheels on it when you purchased the car? Can you tell id it seems to be coming one side or the other?
no it had stocks on.
feels like back right. i need to get another jack n swap the wheels to see if it helps

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^Ok, so that does help a bit. It shows that the problem has been there through both sets of wheels. So more than likely it's not that both sets have bad/bent wheel, it's a suspension issue or maybe a wheel bearing. Have you visually inspected the bushings and torqued all links in the rear suspension geometry to spec?
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i had the control arms looked at and they are fine. i swapped the rear tires right to left and it shaking has gone down a little bit im going to drive more on them and see what happens. apparently these dws tires are notorious for not being able to be balanced.
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Have you checked the toe link bushings? I have the FIGS toe links and the inner heim joints are getting worn so I need to replace them soon. My alignment guy noticed and I hear a clunking/wobble at low speeds.
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mine is only at high speed. low speed. is generally the rim or the suspension.... im going to get an alignment soon I'm just deciding if i want to get front ball joints for the car.
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