Steering wheel shakes at high speed

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  1. Lingwendil

    Lingwendil Member

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    Okay, sometimes when i'm driving, and only between 35~50MPH, my steering wheel starts to rattle/shake and you can feel it in the whole dash. The car is a 71 auto mav, if it matters. I jacked the car into the air and checked my steering/suspension and everything is nice and tight. It is strange because it is intermittent and only at speed, and only started a few days ago. I got my front wheels re balanced and it made no difference.
     
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    Sounds like a possible tire seperation. It could also be a caster angle that moves under road force/load. Could be a number of things. How do the rod bushings look?
     
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    the bushing look great, and it is intermittent only at around 35~50mph.
     
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    Had the exact thing happen on my son's 72 Comet. Ended up being the transmission mount. I would check that out. Good luck. (y)
     
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    my truck had the same problem it turned out to be the drive line AFTER it messed up the tail shaft on my trans had to get a new trans ??

    you can take the drive line to a shop and they will check to see if it will need to be balanced for FREE at least they did it at the shop by me
     
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    Either you've got a bent wheel, a tire separating or one of the front wheel/tires is out of balance.
     
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    Mavman72 Gone backwards but lookin' forward

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    Does your car have power steering??? The hydraulic ram will cause this if it is used out.
     
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    no power steering, and its raining so ill check the other stuff later.
     
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