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1996 Geo Tracker vibration when driving
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large tires on old cars, love to shake.
the large tire, is never perfectly balances. (unless, spun on car, way)
new shocks will help. (struts) and new tie rod ends of loose.
also the tie rod , dampener can be bad, or you need a bigger one for larger tires.
wheel bearing on the front must not be loose, the nut is set to 123-180 ft/lbs.
if not , it's will fail fast.
do not read any GM specs. they are dumb. GM hates ranges and reduces it to a single number , on this bearing that was dumb of GM.
the above is the true range spec'd by Suzuki and by the bearing maker.
one tightens the nut and lands on an alignment hole in the above range. and that act GM, is impossible with a single number.

Front end shakes.;
1: tire balance.
2: loose wheel bearings. (use the crush bearing specs)
3: loose tie rods
4: bad shocks.
5: bad tie rod dampener.
6: other suspension parts loose, (try to flex them with a stick or crow bar) look for excess movement. The Lower A arms have inboard mounts, are they loose?
7: the upper strut has mount and is infamous to be bad, in the rust belt.

good luck to you.
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RE: 1996 Geo Tracker vibration when driving - by fixkick - 07-14-2013, 11:09 PM

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