Vehicle vibrates at highway speeds

[99PONTIACGP]

Pretty disappointed with how my car handles right now. Steering wheels shakes and it feels like the whole car is vibrating and it pulls to the left.

1. All 4 directional tires are pointed the right way.
2. Wheels were rebalanced
3. Had alignment

What else would need to be looked at?

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Tire(s) could be out-of-round, maybe they did a shitty job balancing them, and it probably needs an alignment if all tire pressures are the same.

 

[98GTPDriva]

I had a horrible vibration in my steering wheel at highway speeds (especially accelerating) and it was the tie rods.

I got them replaced and a world of diference.

 

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FML, check tire pressure and ignore the alignment. Reading>Me. Then again, could be that too. A lot of shoddy work these days.

 

[Eagle]

Tie rods or half shafts.

Btw, if it pulls left after an alignment take it back and have it fixed.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i never had anything like that when they were on my car that's weird. it sucks to hear that though a lot of a bit.

did you get a print out with the alignment? was it just a toe n go or what was it?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Put stock wheels on and see what happens?


I think his brother did it at his work so I hope it wasn't shoddy

 

[bikrboy128]

try rotating the tires front to back.
they shouldn't have done an alignment if anything in the front end had play. i'd do a tire rotation, front to back and see what happens.

 

[Runtz52]

i had this issue after replacing my shocks on all 4 corners, my front tires had extensive camber wear and at speeds over 70 car would shake violently, i got new tires and had them balanced and it was all good. they may have done a shitty job balancing the tires?

 

[Yaj Yak]

he has my old wheels & tires... they had like less than 10k on them. just fyi.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Funny your Indian?

 

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Ahh, probably needs hubcentric rings which i'll bet you don't have OP. Those are big enough to do that on a car they don't "fit" on. Makes you think they're off balance, but they're not. Using stock lugs on them as well I ASSume?

 

[slowchevy]

x2 on the hubcentric rings.. would also check cv shafts for wear. my car's been vibrating under throttle intermittently and today one of the cv's let go.

they're probably original. at $50 / ea, it's a worthwhile investment to make sure you don't get stranded.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Ahh, probably needs hubcentric rings which i'll bet you don't have OP. Those are big enough to do that on a car they don't "fit" on. Makes you think they're off balance, but they're not. Using stock lugs on them as well I ASSume?

nope. super sweet tuner lugs!

 

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nope. super sweet tuner lugs!

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Put stock wheels on and see what happens?


I think his brother did it at his work so I hope it wasn't shoddy

Yup, my brother had it done at Sears.

x2 on the hubcentric rings.. would also check cv shafts for wear. my car's been vibrating under throttle intermittently and today one of the cv's let go.

they're probably original. at $50 / ea, it's a worthwhile investment to make sure you don't get stranded.

I made another thread about my gas pedal vibration on acceleration. Hmm

 

[slowchevy]

how many miles are on the car

 

[01BlkGTGP]

Im 99pontiacgp brother...2 tires were off balance and two were fine and after balancing we put the rims back in the same order they came off and the alignment was slightly off also but everything is in spec...another thing I told my brother was to check the tire pressure because it could make a slight pull if it wasnt even...

 

[99PONTIACGP]

how many miles are on the car

123k

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

What kind of brake pads?

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Brakes have needed to be done since I bought the car. I have the parts, just haven't had them installed yet. Pads and rotars.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

What color valve caps?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Mike I'd say throw the stock wheels back on and see if it goes away. At least then you'll know if it's wheel related or not.

You can also check if hubcentric rings are needed like someone mentioned earlier. You could try loosening up the lugs again and making sure they're evenly tightened; that should center them for now.

 

[Yaj Yak]

if anything i am betting its the hubcentric rings... my car didnt have em but my car didnt shake so

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

They're pretty cheap at least. You can get them at summit, jegs or even amazon. Depends on the hub if you need them or not.

Time to bust out the dial caliper and measure the center of the wheel and your hub.