# Steering Wheel Shakes

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel-shakes/4207>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** alignment\
**Created:** [September 6, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel-shakes/4207 "2007-09-06T00:16:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Janet\_Zhou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Janet\_Zhou](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Janet_Zhou)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel-shakes/4207/1 "2007-09-06T00:16:19Z")

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My 98 Honda Civic steering wheel shakes pretty badly on the freeway, at speeds higher than 60mph. It’s been doing that for a while now. I took it for alignment a year ago, and it fixed the shaking for a while. I didn’t drive it for a while, and the problem came back. So, I took it for another alignment, and the problem went away for a month or so. But now it’s back again. Alignment shouldn’t only last one month, right? What should I do?

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**Author:** ![TJScott2012](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@TJScott2012](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TJScott2012)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel-shakes/4207/2 "2007-09-06T00:43:35Z")

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make sure all your wheel weights are in place.

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**Author:** ![cncop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@cncop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cncop)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel-shakes/4207/3 "2007-09-06T01:46:47Z")

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When ws the last time you bought new tires?

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**Author:** ![BrianRuby1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@BrianRuby1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BrianRuby1)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-wheel-shakes/4207/4 "2007-09-06T02:50:41Z")

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Definitely get your tires balanced at a reputable tire shop. Also, if you have hit a curb hard with your rim, it may be damaged. If it is not too bad, this can be repaired also, but my $ says balancing will fix the shakes.