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The steering wheel in my legacy (65k) use to shake a little in the past, but over this week it's gotten a lot worse. Just noticeable at 55-60mph, very noticeable at 65-75. I've re-torqued all the lugs to no avail. tires and brakes (rotors too) are new (3k).

 

I pulled the wheel and yanked on both tirerod's which seemed to make a slight noise (maybe it was the rack moving?), but it was hard for me to tell if they moved much.

 

Are there any other likely culprits? When I recieved the car the front rotors were trashed, could that cause an inner tie rod failure?

 

Thanks for any help...

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thanks for the reality check, not sure why i didn't try that.

 

switched the rears to the front and the shake went away almost completely (could just be my imagination or the cruddy road that there is still a little shimmy still present), i'll take it to work tomorrow (not my daily driver) and see how it does.

 

when i first got the car I broke two studs taking the wheels off!! i wonder if the excessive torque could cause the wheel to become out of round...

 

anyone want to get rid of any 15" alloys?? :)

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thanks for the reality check, not sure why i didn't try that.

 

switched the rears to the front and the shake went away almost completely (could just be my imagination or the cruddy road that there is still a little shimmy still present), i'll take it to work tomorrow (not my daily driver) and see how it does.

 

when i first got the car I broke two studs taking the wheels off!! i wonder if the excessive torque could cause the wheel to become out of round...

 

anyone want to get rid of any 15" alloys?? :)

at work a few weeks ago i broke a stud off of a Lexus and my boss got POed and told me to hand over the gun. he gave it a shot and broke the next one....heh heh, silly bosses.

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