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Old 03-30-2009, 01:38 PM
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My car rides smooth but when I take up to about 60-65mph I feeling some vibrations. Could it be due to worn out tires or could it have to do with the engine? It only shakes at that speed because once I get to 70mph, it doesnt vibrate much.
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my car is doing the same thing but its only been recent, my drive shaft fell off a few months back and thats when it started someone told me i might need to have it balanced..
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55-60 mph shakes are usually tire shake....
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Get some new tires if they are worn out of get the ones you have reballanced. If that doesn't work check U joints. As said above when you get the shakes at a certain speed then it goes away its usually a tire out of ballance.
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tire balance. Go cough up $30 to have them balanced
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sorry i meant i was told to balance my drive shaft, i bought new tires and had them balanced and it still did it, its also only from 65-70 lower or faster than that it goes away, my cousin works at discount tire and he made sure they were balance properly..
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It is very possible it id the DS.
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yeah u should get ur drive shaft balanced...that might just be the problem
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I dont know of any places around here that balance them.. know of any in san antonio or houston?




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