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Old 06-18-2021, 05:17 PM
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Default problem with steering wheel shake

when I am driving on the street or highway and hit a pot hole or large bump in the road, my steering wheel shakes very bad. Steering box? control arms?
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Yes - either or all of those or even suspension bushes.
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It could be a case of bump steer depending on how the car is set-up.
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Check your shocks for leakage, could be shot.
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If your shocks have dampening you may be set too low. My AC did this as it was on the softest setting causing bounce. Once I dialed it up, handles like a dream.
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Not knowing what make or how your steering is set up I can only speak of my own experience...I have a Mustang II set up and it was terrible and scary to drive over any kind of rough road...I had it lined up twice with no difference in the shake that I would experience...What I did was put my car on my lift and with out lifting it I measured the height of the body to top of tire and the width from center of tire to center of tire...then I lifted the car and removed the shocks which would let me move the suspension through its normal travel more easily...what I found was about 1 inches difference in width through normal travel of the suspension...so I bought a Bump-Steer eliminator kit for my style of front end and installed it myself...after a lot of measuring and trial and error and another alignment it is a lot better...not prefect but now I just get more of a vibration when I hit a bump or pothole...steve
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What tire pressure are you running?
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27 in the front, 25 in the back.
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Steve,

Most likely its blown front shocks. The shaking after bumps is common with blown/leaking shocks on the BMW E36 suspension, which your car has. If you own a BDR?

Your profile does not reflect the model car you own or build #. Its helpful for folks responding to you with assistance to know what you own.


If you do a search in the Backdraft forum for "Shocks" you will find a few threads with part numbers, and instructions. Also it would be a great time to add Camber plates from IconicParts.com while you have the strut assys apart.
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Check your rear wheels for tire hop. Feels like front end issue but is cause by rear wheel hop.
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