What could it be?
I feel a subtle shaking on my steering wheel while cruising from a 30-70 mph drive. Car also veers to the right.
-I had gotten an alignment multiples times because I had adjusted my ride height due to wheel clearance and after every time, car still veers to the right. -All my wheels and tires are balanced -I've used a thread's suggestion on here to test if there is play on the wheel bearings by jacking the car up and try to wiggle the wheels from top and bottom. I couldn't really tell if there is any play. What could be my issue? Should I just replace bearings as this is the most likely culprit? |
Swap tires from one side to the other. If the car veers left you know it's the tires.
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Originally Posted by slartibartfast
Swap tires from one side to the other. If the car veers left you know it's the tires.
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Try the tire swap, and if that doesn't change, check and see if your right caliper is hanging up. A caliper hanging up will cause your symptoms
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Originally Posted by Strokelessone
Try the tire swap, and if that doesn't change, check and see if your right caliper is hanging up. A caliper hanging up will cause your symptoms
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Check your bushings
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Originally Posted by Surfnazi
(Post 4161159)
Check your bushings
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Yes and shock mounts
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Originally Posted by Surfnazi
Yes and shock mounts
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Negative.
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Only thing I can think of is replace my tie rods.
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Your strut bolts and sway bar endlinks bolts are tight right
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Originally Posted by Surfnazi
Your strut bolts and sway bar endlinks bolts are tight right
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Originally Posted by xmajd92
(Post 4161325)
Do lower control arms have fluid in them as well? Like diff bushings? Attachment 177987
Consider tramlining as another source. Stiffer sway bars, wider tires, or endlink preload are all sources of tramlining. |
Originally Posted by FlashGuy
The large impact bushing on the lower front control arm is fluid filled.
Consider tramlining as another source. Stiffer sway bars, wider tires, or endlink preload are all sources of tramlining. |
No clue about veering to the right unless your alignment tech sucks at his job. I had a similar issue from a pair of second hand wheels I bought. I had a road force balance done, if the only people who do this are dealers by you, go to Nissan it's much cheaper. The road force balance will find out the balance issue on all axis and will also tell if the tire is out of round, they can then dismount the tire and adjust it for the most perfect balance. I have one tire that's particularly choppy because it was manufactured out of round, and some issues with cupping. This could very well be your problem. Shaking at lower speeds can also be your transmission if it's under light acceleration. There's a service bulletin to reprogram the control module for that as well.
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So I took it to another shop who specializes in Nissans. They told me my camber and caster was off. The previous alignment shop wouldn’t even tell me about these issues so I’m glad I found this shop now. I’m currently getting them to replace my front upper control arms with SPL. So hopefully that fix it.
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Update:
So after the alignment they were able to straighten everything. I drove on the highway at 70mph and still feel the slight vibration on the steering wheel and veers to the right. It has to be my wheel bearings because the shop tech inspected everything else and said they were good. Called the shop and didn’t answer so I’ll try again tomorrow as they will be closing soon. Ordered some Timkens just now and will replace them to see if that will finally fix it. Attachment 178161 |
Good golly, look at that toe! Good thing you got the suspension sorted.
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Originally Posted by slartibartfast
Good golly, look at that toe! Good thing you got the suspension sorted.
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