You most likely have one bad tire. You can sometimes spot the irregularity
by running your hand over the tire tread. Rotate front tires to rear to
prove it to yourself. When in the rear, you will feel the tire with the
broken belt "wiggle" the rear of the car..Its just not as noticable in the
rear. A tire with a broken belt is not safe at any but slow speeds.

"Qualitease" <qualitease@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I have an 88 Accord, 195K on it, got it with 170K 2 years ago. It has
always
> had a steering wheel shake up around 75mph but recently it has become
> noticeable at all speeds. The speed of the shimmy is directly related to
the
> speed I am traveling. When I am rolling in 1st gear, the wheel jerks left
like
> a second hand 'ticking' counterclockwise. If I don't touch the wheel, the
> pulsating jerk eventually rotates all the way to the left. At higher
speeds
> the jerk isn't as harsh, it becomes more of a shimmy and up around 55+ it
> shakes the entire car.
> I am sure I could use new tires so I will probably do this regardless, but
what
> should I ask of the mechanic once I get my new tires put on?
> I am fairly new to self-diagnosis so I have searched the web and found a
few
> different general answers to this common problem, but if anyone has
> honda-specific advice, please let me know. Thanks,
> Alan