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Old 11-12-2008, 06:45 PM
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Default Steering wheel shake!

I drove to Annapolis and back twice in the last few days.

My stering wheel shakes intermittantly.
This problem has been there for a long time, but I'm rarely on the highway long enough for it to bother me.

I think it's my toe setting.
Why? The shake is only in the steering wheel and there is no vibration if you feel the dash.

The suspension is about as new as you can get.
Struts, bearings, turbo tie rods etc.

My camber is far from radical but I think I set the Toe to 0 deg or very close.

When I hit the flat concrete, the shake goes away. Sometimes on the asphalt it would shake and other times not.
This tells me that the cant in the road (allowing it to drain) or the slight hump in the center of the lane is what's partially to blame.

Maybe with so little toe the alignment changes ever so slightly ad the surface does.


Does any of this make sense?

I recall driving a go cart at the beach one time that had fairly big tires on it. the steering was so messed up that it would almost rip the wheel out of my hands.

I bet if I over inflate the tires that it might go away?

Any thoughts?
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