Steering Shudder

[Seany]

ok guys I have a problem im hoping you can help me with, when I reach about 70kmh my steering whells starts shaking and anything past 85kmh it shakes like crazy and feels like the wheels are about to fall off. Ive had the wheels balanced and theres no play in the wheels bearings or anything any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[xr6thsveta]

Bulge or a flat spot on a tyre?

[jas98]

could also be bad disks, but im gonna say you have stuffed suspension bushs....check it asap as it sounds prettty dagerous

[senna_T]

My bet is on Wheel bearings and bushes. There doesn't need to be any play in the bearings for them to fail at high speed/temp. The standard rubber bushes allow a lot of forward and back movement so once that pattern starts it getts worse at higher speeds.

Does the shaking go away after you have come to a stop and then start going again?

[MercuryXr6Turbo]

Sorry to highjack but mine is doing the same thing at around 90-100kms... not every time but more if I've given it a bootfull up to the speed then cruise at said speed. And yes senna, if I pull over to a complete stop then take off again it will goes away.

Klm's are getting up there on mine... 175,000

Your thoughts mate?

[senna_T]

I would say bearings and bushes mate

[Grellow]

check power steering "rack ends"

[MercuryXr6Turbo]

Cheers guys... will get a specialist to check it out.

Being in WA, cant bring it to you Senna, but how much should I budget for ballpark if its bearings and bushes?

[F6rspec3]

Something else you can do it to rotate front to back on tyres that elimate if it a tyre or suspension problem

Depend where you got your wheel balance sometime they don't check to see if the tyres are round or out of shape

Buckle rim

[MercuryXr6Turbo]

^^^ Cheers mate, in fact I thought it could be a balance / wheel alignment issue and they were due for rotation so got that done but still the same after.

However of late havent noticed the issue... strange.