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Old Jul 23, 2009
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steering wheel shaking horriably

this issue is driving me crazy i feel like i am driving my truck with muds on it.

anyway i have had the tires rotated and balanced 3 times and still doing it. i had them check tie rods. It shakes all the time doesnt really matter what speed i am going. I do get a humming noise and think the wheel bearing could be bad but would it cause it to shake like this?
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Re: steering wheel shaking horriably

maybe ball joints? try to get the wheels road force balanced. only certain shops have the machine to do it tho. also your rims might be slightly bent or out of round. is it honda rims or aftermarket?
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Re: steering wheel shaking horriably

I bought my car used from the original owner he was kind of a really big guy and he let the air get too low in the front driver side and rode it like that for a while. needless to say this kind of feathered the tire and when I inflated it to 32psi I had a really bad vibration and the steering wheel shook hard, it was also kind of loud too. I just rotated my tires and the noise/vibration lessened a lot from moving it to the back. It has gotten a lot better and I think it has worn out for the most part.

Hope it goes well for you man.
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Re: steering wheel shaking horriably

they are factory Honda wheels. i do have a bent wheel but i moved it to the rear and the ones on the front now feel the same as the bent wheel did up front, like it made no difference. I had them check the front wheels for any bends and they didnt find any. i am thinking its a bearing or hub or something.
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