shaking steering wheel... help me diagnose?

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Jun 14, 2012 | 08:32 PM

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LS6Rally

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From: Taunton MA

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Originally Posted by Eurasianman

Well, took my car in yesterday to get the front wheel rebalanced. Turned out one of the wheels wasn't balancing right due to the technician leaving the hub centric ring off (the ring was still on the car

). Now that the wheels have been re-balanced, I don't notice any more shaking. Gotta be honest, when I saw them trying to balance my wheel, I thought I had bent/warped the rim. Was about to get real pissed. Luckily, the other technician noticed that the hub centric ring was missing.

so the hub centric ring wasnt on the rim while it was on the balancer? if so it doesnt need to be. you use a cone to set teh wheel in the center of the shaft that drives the wheel/tire on the balancer.

Jun 14, 2012 | 08:41 PM

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SaberD

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From: Rochester Hills, MI

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Originally Posted by kikal8

Its going to be a balance. Balance issues r like 90% of shaking issues. And when its only at certain speeds like ur saying that leads me to believe its a balance even more.

^^^ this