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When driving at highway speeds (70-80 mph), I've noticed that the steering wheel tends to vibrate slightly. Is this a normal LS1 thing, if not what could cause it and is it hurting anything? The car is a 2002 trans am and the tires are new(er) and have been balanced/aligned, tie-rods are new too.
Any ideas?
sigpic Pewter '02 WS6 Trans Am, M6 LS1
2000 Crown Victoria LX (DD) Red '95 Z28 Camaro, M6 LT1 (SOLD)
Pewter '99 Firebird. A4 3800 (SOLD)
When were they balance? Dymanic or static balance? bent wheel?
Not sure, I just bought the car. I know that the tires only have around 7,000 miles on them. The seller gave me all the receipts and I remember seeing one that mentioned the tires so i'll have to check to see how detailed it is. its not so much a shake as it is a subtle vibration and it's only at high speeds.
sigpic Pewter '02 WS6 Trans Am, M6 LS1
2000 Crown Victoria LX (DD) Red '95 Z28 Camaro, M6 LT1 (SOLD)
Pewter '99 Firebird. A4 3800 (SOLD)
Not sure, I just bought the car. I know that the tires only have around 7,000 miles on them. The seller gave me all the receipts and I remember seeing one that mentioned the tires so i'll have to check to see how detailed it is. its not so much a shake as it is a
subtle vibration and it's only at high speeds.
Like Joe said, have them dynamically rebalanced and go from there.
I had to rebalance the tires on my G6 at 14,000 miles because the steering wheel shook.
well in my trip across the state this past weekend I discovered that the vibration seems to be entirely dependent on the highway road surface. (that's Michigan for you I guess ) But I'm still going to try rotating the tires to see if that makes any difference when I get a chance.
sigpic Pewter '02 WS6 Trans Am, M6 LS1
2000 Crown Victoria LX (DD) Red '95 Z28 Camaro, M6 LT1 (SOLD)
Pewter '99 Firebird. A4 3800 (SOLD)
How many miles on car? if it is road surface dependent then your shocks might be getting bad and can not hold tires on the road, usually this is a combination of shocks and balance.
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1998 Trans Am Convertible A4 - WS6 hood, WS6 air lid, WS6 rims, drilled/slotted rotors.
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) But I'm still going to try rotating the tires to see if that makes any difference when I get a chance.
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