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Old 06-12-2010, 12:35 PM
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so yeah as im driving on the thruway last night i realized that cruising at 65, theres a subtle, yet noticeable shake throughout the whole car. when accelerating, in my case from 65 to 75, it went away. but go back to cruising and dumdumdumdum its back again. any ideas as to what this could be?
 
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Old 06-12-2010, 05:21 PM
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Wheel out of balance.
 
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Old 06-12-2010, 08:12 PM
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for sure? thanks man. i hate going to my mechanic and not knowing whats wrong, always feel like he makes up bullshit to charge me for haha
 
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Old 06-12-2010, 08:14 PM
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it could be unbalanced wheels bad ball joints or control arms
 
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Old 06-12-2010, 08:16 PM
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Usually if the shaking only occurs at a certain speed (the resonant frequency of the wheel) it is an unbalanced wheel. I've got some shaking going on also, only happens faster than 60mph but its hard to pinpoint a speed on it. My control arms/front end is totally shot though.
 
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Old 06-12-2010, 08:20 PM
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I am not saying your wrong I am saying the other options to explore if the wheel balance doesnt help. And yes your control arms will give you the affect that in a sense at certain speeds your wheel feels free

And these are things that are known issues on our years
 
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Old 06-12-2010, 08:39 PM
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I wasn't disagreeing with you.
 
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Old 06-12-2010, 08:50 PM
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smart man
 
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Old 06-13-2010, 12:13 PM
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haha thanks fellas. now if i could just get my lcd screen fixed, everything would be perfect. well at least for a day or two, you know how audis are :P
 
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Old 06-13-2010, 05:48 PM
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