steering shakes

[dpmeeks]

When i turn right and accelerate or going down the highway and hit about 70, or braking.. im getting a vibration i can feel in the steering wheel and floor. Only feel the vibration when turning right.. under acceleration only so the problem is def on the right side. When braking i only feel it above 50mph or so. I have brand new tires on the front, new front hubs, and new motor mount, i did find a little play in both outer tie rods.

Im thinking a bad cv axle which i found the pass side boot a little torn but im actually leaning more towards the control arm.
Do the control arms have issues on these cars ? My car has 157k miles.
I was a Volvo guy and when a vibration is felt when braking it was always a control arm bushing issue.

What do you guys think ?

[NotEnoughGPs]

In 15 years of driving GP's, I have probably seen every issue of shakes/vibrations/rattles/pulsations, etc. Like you stated, I have always made sure to keep everything as new as possible. Having 157K is some serious mileage, and like me, I expect the car to drive and handle like a new one once I replaced rotors, tires, hubs, tie rods, struts, strut mounts, and other components. Quite often though, there is still a shimmy or shake or something (I always blame myself because I do almost all the work on the cars now)
Here are a few more things to check:
- you state you have brand new tires up front, but were they properly balanced before installed?
- since you have new tires, when was the last time you had an alignment?
- the front hubs are new, but is the axle nut properly torqued?
- also, check the lug nuts of front wheel, make sure they are torqued
Yes, these things may seem simple and obvious, but I have had the same issue you described in the past, and found that it was not the control arms or tie rod ends.

[dpmeeks]

thank you for the reply... ive had the balance rechecked and it was shaking before the new tires so im sure that's not it. The alignment I haven't had checked but it doesn't pull or anything. The lug nuts are tight ive checked that, haven't checked the axle nut.

From what ive read... most people say its the cv axle since it does it under a load only so ive decided to go ahead and install a new one tomorrow and ive ordered new tie rod ends so hopefully thatll fix it.

[dpmeeks]

I think I found my problem.. here is the passenger side CV axle.. I don't think it should be this loose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZbWOKkWFcI

[dpmeeks]

Well.. Replaced pass side CV axle and still have the shakes turning right under acceleration so looks like i gotta do more looking. Smh

[ericspecullaas]

well all that shaking has wore out other parts so its looks like your going to be replacing ALL the suspension parts. its really the only way to fix it right