Thread: Shaky steering wheel

Ok, I had a little incident two days ago (3 studs snapped due to me not paying attention and rushing smh).

Ok i put a new wheel hub on because mines was under warranty. Now I've noticed that the wheel is crooked (it was before but now it's even more noticeable) and now my steering wheel shakes at speeds over 35mph.

What else did I break? I will admit that I had to drive the car to the shop with the snapped studs but I did take it slow and avoiding pot holes at all cost. I did notice while changing the hub bearing the hub ring that sits in the rim was pretty banged up. Could that be the issue? Any other ideas? I'm hoping the rim isn't bent. But that's unlikely because I checked wheel and didn't notice anything. Maybe a more thorough inspection is due. Thoughts?

jack it up enough to get the tire off the ground then with one hand on top and one on the bottom and try to move it back and forth if it moves thatll tell you if they gave you another defective hub then try the same thing but with one hand towards the front and one towards the back if it moves thatll tell you if your tie rod is bad... both will cause vibrations

Crap. Hope it isn't a bent rim . I will check it out in the am

Ok quick visual inspection shows that the wheel is shifted outward bit at an angle. I'm guessing an axle?

Yea I noticed the alignment is shot and the hub is new so I'm guessing a faulty hub or something isn't tightened correctly

Originally Posted by Bluemagic

Ok quick visual inspection shows that the wheel is shifted outward bit at an angle. I'm guessing an axle?

umm which part of the wheel??? top, bottom, front or back??? still thinking tie rod or maybe control arm??? what kind of "incident" are we talking about???

Bottom part is shifted out. Loose lugs nuts, three snapped studs, new hub. Incident highlights lol

bent control arm??? rims are hard to bend... and i meant how it happened not what happened

Ok update, apparently for what ever reason there was two hub rings inside my rim. Which was making the rim not sit properly. After checking the wheel there was no bends which was great. I removed the extra hub and all is well. Alignment is needed though lol. Atleast it's not shaking anymore though