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KingStill
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Nov 4, 2009, 8:12 AM
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Car rumbling and wheel shaking
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My car is rumbling with this bassy du-du-du-du-du that follows the car speed, not RPM and exists when coasting in neutral also. I don't think its the transmission. The steering wheel also starts to shake in the 60s and gets unbearable at around >75MPH. I ruled out unbalanced wheel(s), so lets assume its not that. I don't think the rumbling gets any worse when turning, so I don't think it's the CV joints - but this is just my speculation. Could it be the wheel bearings, or drive shaft or anything else? The car has 160,000 miles on it with no previous work on any suspension or drive/transmission elements. I would appreciate your opinions.
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Hammer Time
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Nov 4, 2009, 10:09 AM
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I don't know why your dismissing wheel balance so quickly. That's where you need to concentrate. It's either wheel balance or a bad tire or wheel but they would show up when balancing if the tech bothers to look.
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KingStill
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Nov 4, 2009, 10:51 AM
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I have dismissed unbalanced wheel because steering shakes even at 80mph, which is usually well outside the natural resonance of the suspension. It is erratic too, sometimes I can drive 75mph with very little shake - an unbalanced wheel would always shake the steering. I did have an unbalanced wheel (it was actually bent and I had to replace it) a few years ago on this car, and shaking was evident really only around 55-60mph and now it doesn't feel like that.
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Hammer Time
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Nov 4, 2009, 11:13 AM
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Re: Car rumbling and wheel shaking
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Balance your wheels and inspect the tires at the same time.
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KingStill
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Nov 4, 2009, 3:15 PM
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I took it to a garage, CV joint boot is gone but the wheels were in balance.
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Hammer Time
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Nov 4, 2009, 3:47 PM
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The c/v boot isn't going to give you a shimmy at 75MPH but the tires will.
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Loren Champlain Sr
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Nov 4, 2009, 5:19 PM
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Let me soak this in, for just a minute....You are driving a vehicle with 160,000 miles on it, with a known problem, at 75 and 80 mph? Do you even care about others? Could be wrong, but don't know of anywhere in the U.S. that has a speed limit above 70mph.
Loren
SW Washington
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Tom Greenleaf
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Nov 6, 2009, 1:59 PM
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And we SHARE the roads with these people! Egad!
T
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chescojoe
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Nov 7, 2009, 6:26 PM
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If you get the front end up off the ground, can you "wiggle" the front wheels if you pull and push on them? Could be bearings or hub bearing assembly??
Just my two cents of course
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Tom Greenleaf
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Nov 7, 2009, 9:22 PM
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Your 2 cents is as good as anyone's. I think we have a whole dollar now - laugh,
T
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maddierae
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Nov 4, 2010, 12:59 PM
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Ever been on the Interstate? Limit's 75mph.
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Hammer Time
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Nov 4, 2010, 1:10 PM
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What's your point? This thread is over a year old and the poster was from Florida, not the midwest. The speed limit in Florida is 70 and that's only on one highway. Your in the middle of nowhere........Nebraska.
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(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Nov 4, 2010, 1:13 PM)
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Sidom
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Nov 4, 2010, 7:59 PM
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Hmmmm... Nice 1st post. Trying to contradict a mod and being wrong...
I guess this is to defend peoples rights to do 80+ mph with unknown frt end problems. I guess if we had more people like that we would have less people like that............
I agree with you HT........This is pointless and has zero value......... I know of a fitting place for this rubish......
(This post was edited by Sidom on Nov 4, 2010, 8:00 PM)
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