Frank Fontaine

It's just so annoying for a car with 94k, so I was willing to open up the checkbook, maybe up to $500. Went to the shop, they looked at it, said the wheel bearings/ball joints/tie rods in and out are tight. Only thing they could suggest was an alignment for $49.95, on the latest/greatest Hunter machine, and yes, the toe was out of spec. Paid them for the alignment but no the shaking in the steering wheel did not go away. C'mon now, what is the solution? Is the the tie rods? Let's just take everything into consideration. We all know Nissan uses cheap suppliers, so can the parts cause the vibration although it can't be found by inspecting externally? There is an answer for this problem, it's not like you have to graduate from Princeton to find it.

MrEous

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Maybe your tires are crap?

Frank Fontaine

Actually the tires are brand-new, so they were mounted and balanced a month ago. That's why the shop felt that the alignment would do the trick.

fyi Ecsta ASX 235/40 WR-18 95W RF. Ridiculous that a 40 series can have a higher load cap. than the original 215/55 HR-16. But I guess a lot changes in 6 years.

My point is that I gave the tire shop carte blanche to ROBB Report ME. Unless they thought I was from Fox Undercover, they couldn't find anything externally.

MrEous

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That is actually pretty strange...how bad is the shaking? Certain speeds only?

Stephen Max

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Worn CV joints will cause drive shaft vibration. I replaced mine at 117 kmiles when I did the tranny conversion, and my car drove noticeably smoother afterwards.

Frank Fontaine

See, it used to be only around 55 mph. Speed up, and it's gone. Now, it's 45 mph to 80 mph, and most felt when you just turn the wheel slightly left and right of center. So the fact that it's felt at such a wide range of MPH tells me something is wearing out. From the threads I'd read, I thought tie rod ends. Or maybe wheel bearings. But the shop said no way, they can feel that in an inspection.

Ok, what you say makes sense too. Not sure that you could feel worn CV's by putting the vehicle on a lift and feeling for free-play by hand. You might be on to something.

njmodi

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for worn CV joints...