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Old Feb 4, 2013 | 10:21 PM
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vibration on steering wheel

So made a two hour trip decided to do 75 mph and i notice my steering wheel starts to vibrate, it comes and goes every minute and lasts about 10seconds it does it wether i accelerate or not but i cant notice it at 65mph i just ha my tires rotated and balanced with an alingment, were should i start looking, thanks for any imput.
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Old Feb 4, 2013 | 11:33 PM
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Yeah you proly just need a balance. Discount tire!
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 06:19 AM
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^ yup counterweight might have fallen off a tire too
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 06:22 AM
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^What they said, wheels are definitely out of balance.
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 06:40 AM
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personally i had that issue when installed spacers(non hubcentric).hubcentrics fixed the problem.
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 12:33 PM
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Tiny bit out of balance. When the heavy points are in sync (both front tires) they cancel. When 180 degrees apart they are additive. So, it comes and goes.

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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 03:14 PM
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It vibrates, comes end goes all of the couenterweights are on the rims, dont know what to do except drive 65mph!!!!!!!!
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by sest1412
It vibrates, comes end goes all of the couenterweights are on the rims, dont know what to do except drive 65mph!!!!!!!!
There's that or you could go to a different shop and get the two front wheels balanced again. That shouldn't break your budget.
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 08:26 AM
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my car does the same thing with two sets of wheels. My front rotors are warped so I will replace those and probly the two front cv joints. This is driving me crazy. The front end is all tight nothing worn at all.
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Old Apr 1, 2013 | 09:33 PM
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so I finally got around to balance the two front tires and sure enough, they were way out of balance, cheap fix 20$ thank you guys for all the help :-)
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 02:24 PM
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I have the same problem at 65 and up. Gets pretty noticeable at 75. I've had this since I got new Falkens put on. Guess its time to get balanced again.
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Old Apr 3, 2013 | 04:46 AM
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75mph is called speeding in my state!
Lol get re-Balanced
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Old Apr 3, 2013 | 12:27 PM
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It might be because of unbalanced wheel and tire, but in my case, I had a bad front axle. vibration went away after changing both left and right ones.
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Old Apr 3, 2013 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by hachansoo0413
It might be because of unbalanced wheel and tire, but in my case, I had a bad front axle. vibration went away after changing both left and right ones.
A vibration at a specific speed is usually either tires/wheel balancing or something in the drivetrain being out of balance.

Like everyone else is saying. Start with getting the tires checked, waaaayyyy cheaper Experienced tire guys are generally good but don't always get it right the first time. Worth a second opinion.
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