I once had a tire blow on the highway (about a year ago), and since then I've always had vibration problems at higher speeds. At the time I was driving on the highway and the car started vibrating, and it just got worse and worse. By the time I decided to pull over, the passenger side front tire blew. The tire was deformed I guess and it started rubbing/hitting the tie rod (track rod) joint over by the wheel until it blew.
Later on I eventually covered up that joint because its rubber boot was damaged. Since then whenever I get around 45 mph + the car starts trembling, or if hit a rough spot in the road. Since then I've gotten new tires and I've had them balanced twice. I've also noticed since before the "accident" that I sometimes get a knock when backing up and turning, or just turning at low speeds (steering related?). Also, I can move some of the steering bars under the car side to side a little bit (e.g.-not solid).
Does anyone have any advice? Do I need a new tie rod? Is there anything that can be adjusted, or is something else that could be causing the vibration? Alignment?
Later on I eventually covered up that joint because its rubber boot was damaged. Since then whenever I get around 45 mph + the car starts trembling, or if hit a rough spot in the road. Since then I've gotten new tires and I've had them balanced twice. I've also noticed since before the "accident" that I sometimes get a knock when backing up and turning, or just turning at low speeds (steering related?). Also, I can move some of the steering bars under the car side to side a little bit (e.g.-not solid).
Does anyone have any advice? Do I need a new tie rod? Is there anything that can be adjusted, or is something else that could be causing the vibration? Alignment?