severe steering wheel shake at 60mph

**S+@ng** · 11-08-2009, 07:14 PM

my steering wheel at almost exactly 60mph shakes VERY violently and gets worse with speed and i have no idea what the hell the problem is. it has tubular suspension that i had on my other gt (same year 2001) with maybe 1000 miles on it and it never did it on the old car. the tie rods are fine, tires balanced, rotors not warped, car was just aligned and i just cant figure it out and neither can the shop i took it to. If you guys have anymore ideas let me know, this is killing me!!

**94svtcobra** · 11-08-2009, 07:19 PM

driveshaft out of balance?

**S+@ng** · 11-08-2009, 09:20 PM

i dont see why that would make the steering wheel shake that bad, and its not really an rpm based shake

**Hawkeye** · 11-08-2009, 09:49 PM

Possible bad tire? Meaning broken belt or similar.

**S+@ng** · 11-08-2009, 11:45 PM

ive changed wheels/tires and still the same thing

**no1sirbutler** · 11-08-2009, 11:58 PM

check the balljoints?

**S+@ng** · 11-09-2009, 12:35 AM

i guess its possible, im not ruling anything out at this point, but i always thought they made a "clunking" noise and wouldnt make the steering wheel shimmy. plus the suspension doesnt even have 1000 miles on it which would make it even more strange

**93FOX** · 11-09-2009, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by 94svtcobra

driveshaft out of balance?

that just give u a bad vibrate no steering shake
ball joint or something along that line

**no1sirbutler** · 11-09-2009, 10:40 AM

also check and make sure the bolt that holds the steering shaft to the rack is in and tight.

**S+@ng** · 11-09-2009, 11:17 AM

k ill check those 2 things and let you guys know

**S+@ng** · 11-09-2009, 12:04 PM

that bolt was tight, but when i push on the top of the wheel and pull on the bottom, it doesnt feel like im getting any play, but when pulling/pushing from left to right the rack will move in and out about 1/8th inch

**93FOX** · 11-09-2009, 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by S+@ng

that bolt was tight, but when i push on the top of the wheel and pull on the bottom, it doesnt feel like im getting any play, but when pulling/pushing from left to right the rack will move in and out about 1/8th inch

you may need new rack bushings

**no1sirbutler** · 11-10-2009, 12:33 AM

^^I agree...check all bushings

**S+@ng** · 11-10-2009, 10:50 AM

meant the inner tie rod end moves about 1/8th in. in and out of the rack, should have been more specific. im gunna go change that bad boy out now.

**S+@ng** · 11-10-2009, 03:21 PM

changed the inner tie rod on the pass side and now it doesnt move, but i have to wait till whats left of the hurricane gets outta here to see if it fixed my shaking problem

**S+@ng** · 11-11-2009, 03:02 PM

pass side inner didnt stop the shaking, all that did was make my steering wheel crooked. onto the drivers side!

**crusher101** · 11-11-2009, 03:04 PM

the steering wheel in the sn95s and the new edges are ALL crooked.

**crusher101** · 11-11-2009, 03:06 PM

its actually kinda funny too... idk why the did it. i guess they were trying to make it easier for people to drive with just their left hand or something stupid

**97LaserRed** · 11-11-2009, 03:27 PM

Any time u play with tie rods u need an alignment. Now its gonna screw your tires up. If you shake your wheel side to side and there is no play no reason to waste money on tierods and now alignment. Figure out the problem the right way. Don't just trow parts at it.