Before you chase all the potentially expensive drive-train problems, completely rule out r...
Before you chase all the potentially expensive drive-train problems, completely rule out rims and tires. Sometimes a shop will lie just to get rid of you. Both a dealership and a tire shop "failed" to diagnose my problem correctly.
Take the rims off and examine the inside of them yourself. Make sure they're not bent like mine were. You can balance a bent rim and it will look okay on the machine, but once it's on the car under a load you'll still get the wobble.
If you've hit a big bad pothole or utility rut in the last few months, chances are you bent a rim. I bent two. Luckily, I was able to hammer the dents out (NOT a good idea, you could crack an alloy rim that way) and trade the car. The wobble wasn't nearly as noticable, but I knew it was still there. The only real way to fix it was to replace the rims.
Before you chase all the potentially expensive drive-train problems, completely rule out rims and tires. Sometimes a shop will lie just to get rid of you. Both a dealership and a tire shop "failed" to diagnose my problem correctly.
Take the rims off and examine the inside of them yourself. Make sure they're not bent like mine were. You can balance a bent rim and it will look okay on the machine, but once it's on the car under a load you'll still get the wobble.
If you've hit a big bad pothole or utility rut in the last few months, chances are you bent a rim. I bent two. Luckily, I was able to hammer the dents out (NOT a good idea, you could crack an alloy rim that way) and trade the car. The wobble wasn't nearly as noticable, but I knew it was still there. The only real way to fix it was to replace the rims.
