Steering column shaking around 60 mph

Sep 19, 2003 2 Replies
91 Jetta GL, manual trany, 253,000miles:

After i recently replaced two broken CV joint boots, the steering column starts shaking at around 60mph. but it ceases under 55 and over 70mph. My mechanic did a wheel-balance hoping to solve the issue, but it's still the same.



what could be the cause? will out-of alignment wheels cause such problem?



I also suspect it's aero-dynamic in nature, but don't know where to look at. Any ideas?



thanks a lot. Ben


I had exactly the same problem with a car I owned a couple of years back.

It turned it to be a nail in one of my rear tyres. Did you get your rears balance checked too?

Hi Kevin,

do you mean a nail punched your rear tire? it's certainly not the case with my jetta. Or you mean a nut got loose? I'll check it.

thanks for the advice.

Ben

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