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Oct 13, 2009, 12:37 PM
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how do I check lower ball joint
The steering wheel shakes when I go past 100km/h
Sometimes it's pretty violent, sometime it's not too bad, sometime it doesn't shake at all.
Braking or stearing make no difference.
I know there is a very slight play in the wheel bearing, but I'm leaning towards a faulty ball joint... Does anyone have a procedure to check the lower balljoint?
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Originally Posted by Mechanic who worked on my transmission
I'm 63 years old and even I don't have that much play in my shaft
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Nov 2, 2009, 04:26 PM
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Jack that corner up off the ground, then push and pull on the wheel, get a finger or two on the ball joint while you're doing this, if you can feel movement, it's toast. But, it is unlikely that a bad ball-joint is causing steering wheel vibration. My current DD has bad lower ball joints on both sides and the most I get is an occasional 'loose' feeling in corners.
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Nov 3, 2009, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by blaze_125
The steering wheel shakes when I go past 100km/h
Sometimes it's pretty violent, sometime it's not too bad, sometime it doesn't shake at all.
Braking or stearing make no difference.
I know there is a very slight play in the wheel bearing, but I'm leaning towards a faulty ball joint... Does anyone have a procedure to check the lower balljoint?
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Normally when the wheels starts shaking at highway speeds it mean your wheels are not balanced. You could have had a weight fall off or something, I would bet money this is your problem, twardnw is correct your ball joint wont make it shake, if it was bad most likely you would hear a clunking sound when going over bumps.
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Nov 3, 2009, 12:44 PM
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sounds like unbalanced tires or possibly warped rotor or brake related problem.. does it happen when u apply brakes???
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Nov 4, 2009, 08:50 AM
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sounds like unbalanced tires or possibly warped rotor or brake related problem.. does it happen when u apply brakes???
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Nope, only at high speed.
I haven't had a chance to really look into it yet, but I have to get 2 new tires up front anyway. So once I got the new rubber on I'll see if it still shakes or not 
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