Thread: Shaking at high speeds?

Originally Posted by saxster

If your Honda Fit shakes at 70mph, there is something wrong with it. Wheel balance, bent wheel, ice or snow or mud built up inside a wheel, etc. etc. get it checked.

Indeed. No car should shake. Likely a wheel balance or possibly a slipped belt.

I've found the Soul to be very stable at speed, despite its height. When I'm in crossswinds my car doesn't wander any more than other cars nearby. Very stable.

I always check tire pressure and lug torque after a trip to the tire place. I've been using Discount Tire recently, they do hand-torque the nuts. So does the local Wal Mart.
DT's not so good on TP, though. After I had the snows put on, the TPMS light lit up. Turns out they'd just put 30 lbs. in, though they'd checked off 33 on the receipt which is the recommended pressure. I use 35.

The only time I have issue with drifting is in high winds. SSD strut bar also helps with that.

Originally Posted by riclee50

So very true TOG and I remember when I was younger that we had to tighten in certain patterns to insure the wheel was tightened down evenly. I'm assuming it is still done these days. I have seen mechanics tighten the wheels 1, 2, 3, 4 .... not criss-crossing. I truly nbelieve this is what happened to my wagon which caused my problem.

Nothing's changed regarding the lug tightening pattern. You're still supposed to cross tighten them. I do use an electric impact (which doesn't have the wallop that an air gun has), but I let off the trigger the instant that the lugs seat and then finish up with the torque wrench.