Shudder after 120 km/h?

hi all,
I get a shudder after 120km/h in a '95 corolla 160i GL.. what could it
be? is it a common problem?

thanks in advance..

<ridwan.jeena@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> hi all,
> I get a shudder after 120km/h in a '95 corolla 160i GL.. what could it
> be? is it a common problem?
>
> thanks in advance..
>[/color]

Does the shudder come through the steering wheel through the whole car?

The first thing I would check is the wheel balance. you might have thrown a
wheel balance mass.
If you take it to a tyre shop they should be able to rebalance all 4 wheels
for less than $50, it might not solve you problem but it's the least
expensive place to start.
From that point on out need to start looking at the suspension components
such as wheel bearings, ball joints and drive shafts then possibly the
gearbox which could start to get pricy to fix.

o ok thanks man..
ill try the balancing first and then ill check up the other things
you've mentioned.. the shudder is in the steering and gets quite bad
when im taking bends at high speed.

but thanks again man :)


Nicholas Bourne wrote:[color=blue]
> <ridwan.jeena@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1159777716.472244.271710@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
> > hi all,
> > I get a shudder after 120km/h in a '95 corolla 160i GL.. what could it
> > be? is it a common problem?
> >
> > thanks in advance..
> >[/color]
>
> Does the shudder come through the steering wheel through the whole car?
>
> The first thing I would check is the wheel balance. you might have thrown a
> wheel balance mass.
> If you take it to a tyre shop they should be able to rebalance all 4 wheels
> for less than $50, it might not solve you problem but it's the least
> expensive place to start.
> From that point on out need to start looking at the suspension components
> such as wheel bearings, ball joints and drive shafts then possibly the
> gearbox which could start to get pricy to fix.[/color]

<ridwan.jeena@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> hi all,
> I get a shudder after 120km/h in a '95 corolla 160i GL.. what could it
> be? is it a common problem?
>
> thanks in advance..
>[/color]
I guess it's just that I want to live to be very old, but you wouldn't catch
me driving a twelve year old car of any description over 75 miles an hour,
regardless of its condition. you don't mention the mileage on the
odometer, but I'm guessing it's well over 100K miles.
But if you've gotta go that fast, do look into the balance and alignment,
and don't do it on well-worn tires.

I think it was "mack" <mackerel@dslextreme.com> who stated:

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>I guess it's just that I want to live to be very old, but you wouldn't catch
>me driving a twelve year old car of any description over 75 miles an hour,
>regardless of its condition.[/color]

No? Better stay on the back roads, then.

If you were driving anywhere on the freeways around Minneapolis or
Chicago or Phoenix (the ones I'm most familiar with) or any other
large metropolitan area you'd have a death wish if you drove anything
less than 75 miles an hour, regardless of the condition. (Unless it
was at "rush hour" when the freeways can slow to around zero to ten
miles an hour.)

If it's shuddering, it should be fixed, of course. But that applies to
any car regardless of its age . . . .

-Don
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