vibration at high speeds? help
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I got 2 problems:
1. my 98 T5 Turbo wants to vibrate a bit above 60mph. what's up with that?
2. I'm also getting "jolted" whenever I hit a bump or pothole . I bounced the car up and down but the shocks don't seem to be bad. the car does not "bounce" after I push down on it. I don't "think" I need any shocks, but not sure. I changed the shocks at maybe 90,000 it now has 120,000 mile on it. so it appears obvious I might need them. but....
Any help is appreciated. thanks.
1. my 98 T5 Turbo wants to vibrate a bit above 60mph. what's up with that?
2. I'm also getting "jolted" whenever I hit a bump or pothole . I bounced the car up and down but the shocks don't seem to be bad. the car does not "bounce" after I push down on it. I don't "think" I need any shocks, but not sure. I changed the shocks at maybe 90,000 it now has 120,000 mile on it. so it appears obvious I might need them. but....
Any help is appreciated. thanks.
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ORIGINAL: 98T5
I don't know. I never changed them since I've had the car. Only the rear shocks. but the struts don't feeel bad. how are they suppose to feel when the y go bad?
ORIGINAL: JimKW
Could be a bent wheel. What kind of struts did you use?
Could be a bent wheel. What kind of struts did you use?
I don't know. I never changed them since I've had the car. Only the rear shocks. but the struts don't feeel bad. how are they suppose to feel when the y go bad?
If your mechanic says that everything is tight, I would check the wheels. You could have had a wheel weight come off, hit a large pot hole and bent a wheel, etc.
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ORIGINAL: JimKW
Aren't wheel balance problems under 60 mph though? Does the vibration go away at higher speed or does it get worse? Could be bad tires too. I have had cases where the tires looked great but were crap and the wheels were fine.
Aren't wheel balance problems under 60 mph though? Does the vibration go away at higher speed or does it get worse? Could be bad tires too. I have had cases where the tires looked great but were crap and the wheels were fine.
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Struts/shocks control the springs. Without a strut/shock or with a blown strut/shockyour spring will be free to bounce around and do as it likes, which is very common on cars that are lowered with stock struts/shocks where the spring rates are far too high for the strut to control (gives that crappy bouncy ride feeling.)
If your mechanic says that everything is tight, I would check the wheels. You could have had a wheel weight come off, hit a large pot hole and bent a wheel, etc.
but what aobut the "jolting" I get when I hit a bump or pothole. it makes me think the sturts/shocks are actually bad. weird ride.
when I'm out on the highway at 70-80mph it's smooth but with sutble vibration. no pulling to either side.
when I'm city driving, I can fell every bump or pothole. it's uncomfortable at times.
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ORIGINAL: JimKW
Aren't wheel balance problems under 60 mph though? Does the vibration go away at higher speed or does it get worse? Could be bad tires too. I have had cases where the tires looked great but were crap and the wheels were fine.
Aren't wheel balance problems under 60 mph though? Does the vibration go away at higher speed or does it get worse? Could be bad tires too. I have had cases where the tires looked great but were crap and the wheels were fine.
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