STEERING WHEEL SHAKING?

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JEN4472

My 2003 subaru legacy wagon (50k) is having this problem with a shaking
steering wheel and a little pulling to the right side. About 2 months ago I
got really nice new Goodyear tires and new brakes and rotars on the front.
The shaking went away for a while and so did the pulling, but now 2 month
later I am still having the same problems of a shaking steering wheel while
braking at high speeds. I happen to take the car back to the have the brakes
looked at and they said I need new rear roters and brakes. It just seems
alittle fishi to me. Can someone please give me some advice or another
possible solution? I am clueless...
 
JEN4472 said:
My 2003 subaru legacy wagon (50k) is having this problem with a shaking
steering wheel and a little pulling to the right side. About 2 months ago I
got really nice new Goodyear tires and new brakes and rotars on the front.
The shaking went away for a while and so did the pulling, but now 2 month
later I am still having the same problems of a shaking steering wheel while
braking at high speeds. I happen to take the car back to the have the brakes
looked at and they said I need new rear roters and brakes. It just seems
alittle fishi to me. Can someone please give me some advice or another
possible solution? I am clueless...

If it happens during braking, it could be rotors. When you replaced the
old tires, if they looked evenly worn, likely your alignmnet is OK.
Read the technical white paper at www.stoptech.com called something like
the myth of warped discs. Any heavy braking followed by holding the hot
pads against the rotor - say - at a long light, can cause a spot on the
rotor to have different properties that affects the feel of the brakes.

If you suspect the tires, have them rotated and see if the problem changes.

Carl
 
Carl 1 Lucky Texan said:
(snip)
If it happens during braking, it could be rotors. When you replaced
(snip)

Ah, great, thanks. I just had my rotors machined and the car generally
now seems nicer in at least one respect that I couldn't put my finger
on. Now I think it might be that the steering wheel judders even less,
if at all (not that it ever much did). I hadn't thought of that
connection.

-- Mark
 
Carl said:
If you suspect the tires, have them rotated and see if the problem changes.



And have them rebalanced at the same time. A lost balance weight or
improperly balanced tire can cause a shaking in the steering wheel.
Doesn't take much to throw off the balance In winter, I even find the
accumulation of snow and ice inside the rim really plays havoc with the
balance and is a pain to dislodge.

..
 

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