sterring wheel shake at higher speeds, HELP, HELP! Options

[Digndoug]

Ok.. well I had an older post, saying that I replaced my front brakes, and sence then I have been having a few problems. A: I broke off a stud so im running on 4 lugs. Which hasnt been at all a problem in the past. B: When im driving above 50ish My stearing wheels is gettign intermitin shaking. I know I already need an alignment, but didnt want to do that if im going to need to replace barings ro somthing.

I checked the tire pressure and im all good. I need to still finish the rear brakes, cause i have not replaced them yet. The tire ware is normal, so im a little bit lost.

I didnt get this shake before the brake change, and after i have gone back twice and made sure everything was on tight and right.

It feels like my wheel needs to be balanced again like the last time i did, but why would that change from just pulling it off and putting it back on?

Any help or comments are welcome

Thanks
Doug

This post has been edited by Digndoug: Aug 15, 2005 - 11:35 AM

[Digndoug]

take off the wheels and rotate rotors by hand, see if anything is off or not rotated normal. shake the hub. etc etc
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I did, The driver side shakes a lil bit, with and without the wheel on. Not a lot, but enough to notice its not 100% flush, or smooth.

Check for abnormal tire wear.  The wear pattern on the tires can be a good clue about what is wrong.
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The wheels look fine as far as i can tell, I know i need an alignment which could also cause this though.