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Old May 16, 2006 | 01:06 PM
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Getting fustrated!!

Alright, ive been trying to chase down a vibration hopefully i can describe it right. Its like i'm driving on a road that has been patched up and has minor pot holes in it, its not very rough but its enough to feel it. i feel it more when im going down a smooth road then a rough one. It started happening after i took the car through quite a lot of curves heading to the coast, (i was doing lots of breaking/speeding up, the ROTOR's are not warped ive checked them)

I did take the driveshaft off the car and took a look at the u-joints, neither of them looked/felt as if they were bad. the front yoke felt a little loose, but i attruibed that to it being a 23 year old car. Took the car to get the tires reballanced, but that wasnt it.

The tranny mount was broke, i fixed that, but the vibration is still there, i can feel it through out all speeds, low speeds being the worst, high speeds i can barely feel it, I can also feel it when i'm breaking (which led me to check the rotors, which were still good)

Anybody have any ideas on what else i should check?
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Old May 16, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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id check the ball joints or tie rod ends.
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Old May 16, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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I'd check the front wheel bearings or better yet, just replace them! Soopa cheap and easy.

I actually fried a set on my driver's side one night on the expressway from an extended time at 110. Slowed down, then all of a sudden, I had a vibration/grinding noise coming from the front wheel. They were in such bad shape, it took a set of pullers to get the rotor off.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 12:40 PM
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While going throught the turns, did you lock up any of the wheels? You many have flat spotted one or more tires.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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no wheels were locked up during the curves , gonna check out the wheel bearings sunday (dont have any free time until then) And let you all know.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 07:45 AM
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sounds like a busted belt in one of the tires
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