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Old 05-12-2013, 11:04 PM
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What causes a shakey steering wheel? 60+ starts shaking a bit. Especially since its been lowered.

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Alignment.
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I'll try that
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What he said!
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What they said.

As your wheels travel upwards, the suspension geometry is designed to generate an increasingly negative camber angle. You may have unevenly lowered your car, or your alignment may have been poor already, but whatever the case, I suspect that you have a 0.5 degree camber angle difference between your two front wheels.
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Originally Posted by FuzzyLog1c
What they said.

As your wheels travel upwards, the suspension geometry is designed to generate an increasingly negative camber angle. You may have unevenly lowered your car, or your alignment may have been poor already, but whatever the case, I suspect that you have a 0.5 degree camber angle difference between your two front wheels.
How would you know if there was a .5 degree camber angle difference?
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If it didn't start right away after you lowered it then I would say it could be a wheel out of balance.
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Originally Posted by 9t8z28
If it didn't start right away after you lowered it then I would say it could be a wheel out of balance.
It started right after
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Originally Posted by 707_z28
It started right after
Then you should check your corner balance and get an aggressive alignment as soon as you can.



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