Shaking steering wheel and off alignment
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Shaking steering wheel and off alignment
My steering wheel shakes when I drive at higher speeds and my car pulls to the right really bad. Plus when I hit the brakes my car pulls right really bad. I've had it worked on 4 TIMES!!!!! They have balanced and rotated and aligned my tires and it's still shakes and pulls to the right. Any guesses why? (besides that fact the the people working on my car are retarted)
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the people working on your car don't know what they are doing. take it to a place the has a 4 wheel alignment machine with an electronic balancing machine which pinpoints EXACTLY where they should place the weights and how much is needed. Those ones at firestone and other places suck ***.
unless you really messed something up like your frame, control arm, or tie rod, but I don't think it is that.
unless you really messed something up like your frame, control arm, or tie rod, but I don't think it is that.
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I took it in yesterday and they said a tire was bad and might have a broken belt so they moved it to the back and balanced my tires. I got my car back and drove from Indy to Missouri yesterday and it was driving straight but the steering was shaking even worse. It felt like a wheel was going to fall off. Then it started raining and my car was all over the highway. Worst 6 hours of driving in my life!!!!!
I took it in yesterday and they said a tire was bad and might have a broken belt so they moved it to the back and balanced my tires. I got my car back and drove from Indy to Missouri yesterday and it was driving straight but the steering was shaking even worse. It felt like a wheel was going to fall off. Then it started raining and my car was all over the highway. Worst 6 hours of driving in my life!!!!!
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I had the same problem and couldn't figure out what the hell was wrong after 5 tire balances at 3 different shops. Finally took off my wheel locks one day for the heck of it, and problem was solved.
I had the same problem and couldn't figure out what the hell was wrong after 5 tire balances at 3 different shops. Finally took off my wheel locks one day for the heck of it, and problem was solved.
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Rep Power: 0 How could it be the wheel lock? They have the exact design as the other lugs just have a different top. Are you tryin to get us all in position for a massive wheel theft 
. I'd look at brake pads also if it is when your braking. Or go somewhere that has a better balancer.. there's this thing called "road force balancer" Some other things to check for is belt separation inside the tire.. that'll cause alot of bumpiness every time the tire hits the ground. Check also for a bent wheel, I'm sure whoever balanced it would have checked it however.
. I'd look at brake pads also if it is when your braking. Or go somewhere that has a better balancer.. there's this thing called "road force balancer" Some other things to check for is belt separation inside the tire.. that'll cause alot of bumpiness every time the tire hits the ground. Check also for a bent wheel, I'm sure whoever balanced it would have checked it however. 
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