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Old 02 Jan 2004, 03:04 pm
E. Meyer
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Default Re: 88 Accord steering shimmy

On 12/31/03 7:08 PM, in article
20031231200854.10854.00001157@mb-m24.aol.com, "Qualitease"
<qualitease@aol.com> wrote:

> Well I rotated my tires front to back and the steering wheel shake is
> absolutely gone at all speeds. A couple things though: the car still slightly
> shakes above 65 or so (this has been regular since I got it two years ago), my
> neutral roll is slower (is this cause there are actually tread on my front
> tires?). My (now rear) tires' treads are really bad, so I will get new tires
> to replace those. But now knowing what the culprit was, is it possible that I
> need anything else done to fix what damage my have been done riding with those
> bogus tires? balence, alignment etc
> Thanks for the helpful advice.
> Alan


The remaining shake is probably still from the bad tires, especially if you
are not feeling it in the steering wheel. I would get rid of the bad ones
and have the balance checked on the other two (and of course any new tires
you put on have to be balanced).

If it has any shake after you get the bad tires completely off and
everything else balanced, then start looking at ball joints and other front
suspension components for wear.

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