My brother's steering wheel starts to shake a little bit in 4th gear at around 70, but once he goes into 5th it gets pretty violent, and the shifter also shakes. I checked out the whole front end and everything seems ok. Any ideas?

 

broken bushing on one of the a-arms ?

 

I couldn't find anything while looking at it, but I had to rush because he had to leave. I was thinking maybe something loose in the subframe, but I'll need more time than the 5 minutes he gave me. :unsure:

 

I guy I work with had a simular problem. Took his car to 2 repair places. They both put it on the lift and checked it out. One gave him a quote for over $600 of front end repair (tie rod ends etc...) It turns out, his lug nuts were so loose a couple had fallen off and his wheel was about to fall off.



I know it seems trival, but check those lug nuts.

 

Yeah, that was the first thing I checked.

 

Maybe it's just a bad alignment?

 

The alignment looks pretty good to me. I know I'm not as good as a machine, but I have a good eye for it. It's possible that his front tires need to be balanced again.

 

Yup. Sounds like the thing to me. They can seem fine up to about 60 or so, and then really get to shakin'.

 

I told him to try to go faster. Maybe it will go away above 100.

 

mine has the same problem too, i dont know what it is? alighnment? balancing, bushings? lugs are good though.lol, could be the wheel bearings too? i dont have any money until i get my income tax back,i want it!!!!!!!