1996 Chrysler LHS Vibration

Steering Wheel, I have replaced both front bearing hub assemblies and a tie rod end I discovered during the other work. It is still vibrating.

I rotated my tires from the front to the rear and the vibration, although still there, is not as bad, and I'm feeling it more in the seat than steering wheel. The vibration is still worse when accelerating through a right hand curve? I have Goodyear rain tires on the car.

I have replaced the rear tires and balanded the front. Having done this I drove the car 50 miles and all seemed well, untill I made the 90 degree right turn where I first noticed the problem. It continued to vibrate for the next 2 miles until I parked it. Both front axles were replaced 12 months ago, both front bearing hub assemblies were just replaced along with a tie rod end. The front tires were moved to the rear, the vibration seemed to go from the steering wheel to the seat. Both rear tires were replaced. The vibration was gone until I made a sweeping right turn under acceleration and it returned. One other thing to consider, when I moved the front tires to the rear and road tested it the vibration was gone until I made the same right turn. Any ideas on where to go next?

Nothing was visable on or in the tires. If I had a bent rim wouldn't it vibrate all the time? Why does it drive fine until I take that 90 degree right curve at 40 MPH or above? The vibration went away when I rotated the tires, front to back, until I put additional weight on the left side by making a right turn. Same thing when new tires were installed. I haven't checked the struts, could this be caused by movement of the strut on the left side? By jacking up the car it takes the weight off the strut, which lets it return to it's correct position? Once the vibration starts again it doesn't go away until the car is lifted up and something else is tried?>

I finally have it solved, I think. I tried putting the spare tire on the left front, it didn't make a difference. I had replaced the left front axle assembly about one year ago, having done all this other work I felt it may be possible the CV joint had gone bad, so I should check them. When I removed the inner yoke from the transaxle output shaft it came apart very easily. Looking over the yoke and the output shaft I see the C-clip on the output shaft is compressed all the way into the groove. I remove the C-clip, bend it back into shape and reinstall it. I install the axle CV yoke sliding it on until the C-clip snaps into the internal groove in the yoke. I complete the assembly and take a test drive, the vibration is gone. My guess is the vibration was caused by the axle sliding far enough off the output shaft, when taking a right curve, it allowed the CV joint to spin out of balance. Once the axle shaft was out of position the vibration continued until I raised the car and tried something else, upon lowering the car back down the CV inner yoke would slide far enough back into position so the vibration went away, until I took the right hand curve again.