Steering wheel shake fixed

Did this yesterday and my wheel shake is 90% gone. I turned the bolt 1/2 a turn. All this wheel balancing and such i have done to try and get rid of this wheel shake and it was a simple bolt. Smh...
 
Bklynjohn718 said:
Did this yesterday and my wheel shake is 90% gone. I turned the bolt 1/2 a turn. All this wheel balancing and such i have done to try and get rid of this wheel shake and it was a simple bolt. Smh...
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I hear you man. Over two years I went through having a wheel straightened,Road Force balance, Allignment and still the 50 to 60mph shake persisted. I thought it was my 22" rims because when I ran the stock wheels the shake was gone. But what was really happening was that as the wheel gets wider and the offset is further out any looseness in the steering system is amplified. I was so amazed at how easy this fix was after all this time. A lot of others took theirs into the dealer and they were not able to fix the shake issue. One of the best DIY's ever:tup:
 
MTN FX said:
I hear you man. Over two years I went through having a wheel straightened,Road Force balance, Allignment and still the 50 to 60mph shake persisted. I thought it was my 22" rims because when I ran the stock wheels the shake was gone. But what was really happening was that as the wheel gets wider and the offset is further out any looseness in the steering system is amplified. I was so amazed at how easy this fix was after all this time. A lot of others took theirs into the dealer and they were not able to fix the shake issue. One of the best DIY's ever:tup:
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I hea ya man. Balancing 3 times already. Almost bought diff rims to see if my stockers were the problem. Constantly inspecting all the front end suspension. I'm suprised infiniti dealers don't know or mention this issue.


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Didn't realize that you could adjust rack and pinion depth until I came across this. Very helpful, thanks!

Also, tightening to much will cause the rack and pinion to excessively bind potentially causing the pinion gears to wear prematurely enough so that it could permanently damage your steering system. Be careful with those turns guys!
 
Seitsougan said:
Didn't realize that you could adjust rack and pinion depth until I came across this. Very helpful, thanks!

Also, tightening to much will cause the rack and pinion to excessively bind potentially causing the pinion gears to wear prematurely enough so that it could permanently damage your steering system. Be careful with those turns guys!
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+1, one turn more will take about 3 weeks to damage the rack and cause grinding, this happened to me
 
I've had mine for almost a year now. 1.5 turns (a lot) as much as I could but the steering wheel returns to "zero" after completely turning the wheel.

No issues but the above worries me... Any way to tell it is "too much"?
 
Chedman13 said:
I've had mine for almost a year now. 1.5 turns (a lot) as much as I could but the steering wheel returns to "zero" after completely turning the wheel.

No issues but the above worries me... Any way to tell it is "too much"?
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Here's what the service manual says in respect to adjustment specs------

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MTN FX said:
Here's what the service manual says in respect to adjustment specs------

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Can you post the English version and not the Russian version?:tonguey::eek.::eek.:

I'll just pretend mine is fine as I haven't had any issues (or breaking in 3 weeks)....
 
Chedman13 said:
Can you post the English version and not the Russian version?:tonguey::eek.::eek.:

I'll just pretend mine is fine as I haven't had any issues (or breaking in 3 weeks)....
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Umm, that FSM page is Greek to me.:biggrin: I have not mess with this yet. Mine steering wheel has some very light vibration and it is within my tolerance still. If I'm going to do this adjustment one day, I'll take your route of pretend I did all those measuring too :rofl:. Since you did your 1.5 turns, maybe I'll do mine 1.25 turns. :laugh:
 
LMAO What I got out of it was that you tighten the adjuster to 48 in lb then back it off 20 to 40 degrees.
I might add all I did was lightly snug it up then backed it out a hair and that was three months ago with no issues to date.
 
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the best way is not to take tires off, remove plastic under the rack, adjust in small turns, stop, turn the car on and drive it back and forth, if your steering got tighter stop there, if you feel the slightest tightness you need to stop anything more will damage the rack and cause slop in the steering and etc.
 
Dracula said:
the best way is not to take tires off, remove plastic under the rack, adjust in small turns, stop, turn the car on and drive it back and forth, if your steering got tighter stop there, if you feel the slightest tightness you need to stop anything more will damage the rack and cause slop in the steering and etc.
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:tup: Got it.
 
la_fx35 said:
Umm, that FSM page is Greek to me.:biggrin: I have not mess with this yet. Mine steering wheel has some very light vibration and it is within my tolerance still. If I'm going to do this adjustment one day, I'll take your route of pretend I did all those measuring too :rofl:. Since you did your 1.5 turns, maybe I'll do mine 1.25 turns. :laugh:
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I only did Chris's .5 turns. He seems happy as I haven't heard otherwise.

I had more slop on mine, maybe 100k+ miles has something to do with it? No idea.
 
Mine needs to be done,does the gtspec brace need to be removed to get at this ?
I had a peek underneath and it looks like its in the way but I dont know for sure.
 
J3FF3R$0N said:
Mine needs to be done,does the gtspec brace need to be removed to get at this ?
I had a peek underneath and it looks like its in the way but I dont know for sure.
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No, just remove front driver's side tire. Reach in, it's tight but you can turn it.
 
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