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Suspension Can’t get rid of shake in the wheel

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okay…so it sounded like I had a bad control arm. Brought it to the shop to confirm. They said yes. I didn’t have time to replace it and they had the parts. They replaced the lower control arm and stabilizer bar. Once I got it back there is a bad shake in the wheel around 50 mph only on turns. Brought it back. They replaced the struts. Still the same problem. I bought new front tires and had a wheel alignment. It’s improved but still there. What else can it be? Not sure wheat else can be replaced on the front end that can be causing this. Maybe go back to the original cause when the lower control arms were replaced and change them again? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
 

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Hub
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Also, dont bring it back to that shop, they shouldnt be giving you the car back if the problem is still there.
 
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Noobz347 said:
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it doesn’t sound like a bad hub bearing. Think it could have gotten messed up when they changed the control arms?
 

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89ripper said:
Also, dont bring it back to that shop, they shouldnt be giving you the car back if the problem is still there.
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Definitely not except to hand them the bill to fix what they broke
 
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Mikes2011GT said:
okay…so it sounded like I had a bad control arm. Brought it to the shop to confirm. They said yes. I didn’t have time to replace it and they had the parts. They replaced the lower control arm and stabilizer bar. Once I got it back there is a bad shake in the wheel around 50 mph only on turns. Brought it back. They replaced the struts. Still the same problem. I bought new front tires and had a wheel alignment. It’s improved but still there. What else can it be? Not sure wheat else can be replaced on the front end that can be causing this. Maybe go back to the original cause when the lower control arms were replaced and change them again? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
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Check the lower ball joints. If one, or both, are worn then they will cause vibrations.
 
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Check the tie rod ends ,the ones in my brother's 05 were worn out and did the same thing
 

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Changed them when I couldn’t get rid of the shake after the lower control arms . It was still there
 
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Check the rear axles for play in the wheel bearings. Sometimes it's hard to tell front or back
 
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Tires.
 
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