I have a 1994 OLDS DELTA 88 LS with a shake in the front end.?

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No its not rotors, they have been replaced 2x and balanced. It isn’t the tires either, balanced, road force balanced, and replaced. It isn’t anything visible, more than 10 shops have found nothing else. They first said motor mounts, all replaced, bad crank, 70 in neutral still shakes at 1500 rpm. Left front is what is shaking; with the right side on the ground, and foot on the gas the left front tire bounces around. It is left front the shops have deduced. There is a possibility the lady who owned the car before me replaced the shocks and struts before she hit so hard on the left front that it bent the rim so hard it had a defined V in the wheel. You almost can’t feel it, unless you hit the brakes, until around 70 and above. You can’t drive out of it. I would say rotors, but that is to easy and has been worked. I have spent now $1,000 on this. I can’t sell it like this, un-ethical; I have to fix it… please help!!! What say you?

Both axels replaced. Rotors. Tires. Balance. Nothing visible. Doesn’t make any clicks. No sounds. Nothing a shop can see at all ever, running, not running, or driving. They all tell me to not worry about it. It is not a cracked windshield, it is something that if I was buying this same car, that would make me walk away – that bad.

4 wheel alignment been checked – that shop said nothing bad.
Tires have been swapped left right, front back.

New wheel from damaged wheel already replaced. No matter what you do with the tires, the left front is the target here.

Tie rods have been checked by professionals… please give more detail as if they couldn’t see what is wrong.. I can I tell?

All the bushings look good. I am going after the strut after I contact the seller to see when she replaced it. She was after the same thing, and told me the struts were replaced to find the cure which did not. Tie rod sounds like a probable target… but how can you tell if the tie rod is bad? It musn’t show it or they would have found it…

Axel has 2 new CV joints… new axel, rules out CV joints. Wheel bearing was spun making no sounds, or being held up anywhere, they said wheel assembly looked 100%.

Ya but if it was a ROD then at 1500 RPM the front of the car wouldnt be hopping down the road at 70MPH.

It has been to 10+ front end shops. Network Alighment and brakes, Les Schwab, Big o Tires, Private autoshops, Discount tire, all over. Why else would I turn to yahoo answers? Either that, or a junk yard...

btw thanks ft3535 for the vote of confidence, sounds like you have great faith in your fellow man, much love - good luck with that.

Answer 1

I Don't know much about cars but I had two cars that had a bad shake in the front end and both turned out to be rods that were shaking themselves loose. The first car I found out the hard way and threw the rod thru the oil pan. The second car after two mechanics told me its a rod, I parked it and called the junk yard.

Answer 2

Check the tie rods

Answer 3

Replace the tire rim

Answer 4

I would check the rubber bushings on the a-arms first .then make sure you have your wheel balanced then replace strut. good luck.

Answer 5

Check alignment

Answer 6

bring it to a front end shop before something falls off while your driving it..
just think if you run a family off the road, when you could have fixed the problem now.
good luck

Answer 7

COULD BE A BAD TIRE, TRY SWAPING THEM SIDE TO SIDE. MY 1ST THOUGHT WAS ACTUALLY STEERING LINKAGE

Answer 8

cv joint (bented)
or wheel bearing