| Steve Gallegos |
06-18-2021 05:17 PM |
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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| Snake2998 |
06-19-2021 02:14 AM |
Yes - either or all of those or even suspension bushes.
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| joyridin' |
06-19-2021 04:41 AM |
It could be a case of bump steer depending on how the car is set-up.
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| Bruce.huling |
06-19-2021 05:37 PM |
Check your shocks for leakage, could be shot.
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| 1985 CCX |
06-21-2021 09:16 AM |
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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| 133bus |
06-22-2021 08:22 AM |
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?
Blas
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| Steve Gallegos |
06-25-2021 04:33 PM |
27 in the front, 25 in the back.
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| spdbrake |
06-26-2021 06:32 AM |
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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| Danr55 |
06-29-2021 05:07 AM |
Check your rear wheels for tire hop. Feels like front end issue but is cause by rear wheel hop.
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