I recently did a bunch of front end work to my 92 Accord. New front brake pads and rotors, lower ball joints, driver side CV axle, and passenger side wheel bearing. After I did all that, I started getting this slight shaking in the steering wheel at around 70 mph. I then replaced the upper ball joints (whole upper control arms) and the sway bar end links, not really expecting that to fix the problem, but because I was planning on doing that anyway. The problem is still there. The tires are pretty worn and need to be replaced, but they were worn before all this work and I didn't have this problem then, so I'm doubtful it's because of the tires. The car also already needed an alignment.
The tie rods seem pretty worn and I suspect this is the main cause of the problem. I can rotate/wiggle them back and forth fairly easily (see videos below).
1. Are they supposed to do that? I know I should grab the tire at 3 and 9 o-clock and wiggle it back and forth, I didn’t think of that before but I will try it when I have time.
2. Do you think worn tie rods would cause this shaking?
3. Do you think new ball joints would make other problems (like worn tires) more evident and that could be the cause?
4. Would replacing the ball joints throw the alignment off, and would a bad alignment cause this?
5. Any other ideas as to what it could be?
The tie rods seem pretty worn and I suspect this is the main cause of the problem. I can rotate/wiggle them back and forth fairly easily (see videos below).
1. Are they supposed to do that? I know I should grab the tire at 3 and 9 o-clock and wiggle it back and forth, I didn’t think of that before but I will try it when I have time.
2. Do you think worn tie rods would cause this shaking?
3. Do you think new ball joints would make other problems (like worn tires) more evident and that could be the cause?
4. Would replacing the ball joints throw the alignment off, and would a bad alignment cause this?
5. Any other ideas as to what it could be?