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p3c0r
11-17-2013, 03:26 PM
Alright so I have a wheel shimmy from I have no clue where, I'm out of ideas
Its a s13 hatch with HICAS, lowered on aftermarket wheels and tires

balenced tires twice, needs an alignment its not far off but doing that tomorrow at my shop, I'm out of ideas you guys have anything extra to check?
I have brand new in and out tie rods and passenger side wheel bearing, everything else is good that I checked feel like I'm missing something
It feels like a tie rod or out of balence wheels but no bad tie rods and wheels are balenced, any ideas?


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p3c0r
11-19-2013, 03:04 PM
Finally wore enough to where you can see/feel the play but needs a nee ball joint

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ls2funky
11-19-2013, 06:31 PM
I had this problem on one of my s13s and after replacing all the tie rod ends and hub bearings, i got desperate and swapped the steering rack out of a roller i had sitting around and it solved my issue.
p3c0r
11-19-2013, 06:43 PM
Well ill replace the ball joint cuz there is play(very little) if it doesn't fix it ill think of that thank you

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ls2funky
11-19-2013, 06:51 PM
no problem. If I'm not mistaken, i remember frsport having reman racks for the s13 fairly cheap in case you decide to replace it.
p3c0r
11-19-2013, 06:56 PM
Hopefully that little play in the ball joint is all, I don't wanna pay for a rack haha
My rear rack is already got a leaky secondary seal so struts bars are needed

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Slippin'eight-nine
11-20-2013, 01:26 AM
Do you have hub centric rings for your rims?
p3c0r
11-20-2013, 06:31 AM
No but already checked that, its fine as far as that goes

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ls2funky
11-22-2013, 12:20 PM
Hopefully that little play in the ball joint is all, I don't wanna pay for a rack haha
My rear rack is already got a leaky secondary seal so struts bars are needed

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lol.. i hear ya bro. I saved a HICAS car from a field back in 2009. that was the absolute weirdest feeling ever when it worked. It was a total PITA after that though haha. Keep us posted on what you find.
p3c0r
11-22-2013, 01:02 PM
Well ball joint is replaced still there but its better, going to align it and see if that works

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p3c0r
11-22-2013, 01:03 PM
Yeah no kidding feels like your bout to loose the rear end but it steers straight "ish" through thr whole turn, its a weird feeling

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