Shakes at 50+mph after snowstorm

This has happened to 3 friends of mine today. We had a bad ince/snow
storm in NJ yesterday and now when these cars gor over 50mph, they
start to shake. 2 are 4wd cars and 1 is front wheel drive. These cars
didn't hit anything yesterday, so it shouldn't be alignment. I just
have no clue what this could be. Our car is not garaged, so I was
wondering if it was some issue regarding ice...any help would be
appreciated. I won't be able to get this car in the shop for 4 or 5
days and would like to know what I am looking at...as well as telling
my friends the same info.

Jeff

it's snow packed in your rims....my sons done it too but i told him he
went out and sure enough snow packed it front rims...good luck...


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On 2/15/07 11:39 AM, in article
,
" > wrote:

> This has happened to 3 friends of mine today. We had a bad ince/snow
> storm in NJ yesterday and now when these cars gor over 50mph, they
> start to shake. 2 are 4wd cars and 1 is front wheel drive. These cars
> didn't hit anything yesterday, so it shouldn't be alignment. I just
> have no clue what this could be. Our car is not garaged, so I was
> wondering if it was some issue regarding ice...any help would be
> appreciated. I won't be able to get this car in the shop for 4 or 5
> days and would like to know what I am looking at...as well as telling
> my friends the same info.
>
> Jeff
>

Likely ice buildup in the wheels throwing them off balance. Whenever it
melts, they should return to normal.

On Feb 15, 12:57 pm, E Meyer > wrote:
> On 2/15/07 11:39 AM, in article
> . com,
>
> " > wrote:
> > This has happened to 3 friends of mine today. We had a bad ince/snow
> > storm in NJ yesterday and now when these cars gor over 50mph, they
> > start to shake. 2 are 4wd cars and 1 is front wheel drive. These cars
> > didn't hit anything yesterday, so it shouldn't be alignment. I just
> > have no clue what this could be. Our car is not garaged, so I was
> > wondering if it was some issue regarding ice...any help would be
> > appreciated. I won't be able to get this car in the shop for 4 or 5
> > days and would like to know what I am looking at...as well as telling
> > my friends the same info.
>
> > Jeff
>
> Likely ice buildup in the wheels throwing them off balance. Whenever it
> melts, they should return to normal.

Thanks so much for your help! I had a feeling it was something like
that. Since I do not have a garage, is there a way that I can speed
this up? Maybe a hair dryer? I don't have a lift so I can't get too
far under the car, but I would think that I can reach around behind
the wheel. It is supposed to remain in the 20's (in the single digits
at night), so I would like to help move things along. Thanks again!!

Jeff

wrote:
> On Feb 15, 12:57 pm, E Meyer > wrote:
>> On 2/15/07 11:39 AM, in article
>> . com,
>>
>> " > wrote:
>>> This has happened to 3 friends of mine today. We had a bad ince/snow
>>> storm in NJ yesterday and now when these cars gor over 50mph, they
>>> start to shake. 2 are 4wd cars and 1 is front wheel drive. These cars
>>> didn't hit anything yesterday, so it shouldn't be alignment. I just
>>> have no clue what this could be. Our car is not garaged, so I was
>>> wondering if it was some issue regarding ice...any help would be
>>> appreciated. I won't be able to get this car in the shop for 4 or 5
>>> days and would like to know what I am looking at...as well as telling
>>> my friends the same info.
>>> Jeff
>> Likely ice buildup in the wheels throwing them off balance. Whenever it
>> melts, they should return to normal.
>
> Thanks so much for your help! I had a feeling it was something like
> that. Since I do not have a garage, is there a way that I can speed
> this up? Maybe a hair dryer? I don't have a lift so I can't get too
> far under the car, but I would think that I can reach around behind
> the wheel. It is supposed to remain in the 20's (in the single digits
> at night), so I would like to help move things along. Thanks again!!
>
> Jeff
>
>

I use the window brush and scraper to get/scrape the worst of it off.
On one winter off road trip, our Jeep wheels got coated in ice from
creek crossings. That took a long time to chip off before we could
drive without shaking.

Mike
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On Feb 15, 12:39 pm, wrote:
> This has happened to 3 friends of mine today. We had a bad ince/snow
> storm in NJ yesterday and now when these cars gor over 50mph, they
> start to shake. 2 are 4wd cars and 1 is front wheel drive. These cars
> didn't hit anything yesterday, so it shouldn't be alignment. I just
> have no clue what this could be. Our car is not garaged, so I was
> wondering if it was some issue regarding ice...any help would be
> appreciated. I won't be able to get this car in the shop for 4 or 5
> days and would like to know what I am looking at...as well as telling
> my friends the same info.
>
> Jeff

As others mentioned it is likely ice built up inside a wheel. We had
the same thing happen last night.

On Feb 15, 2:40 pm, "John S." > wrote:
> On Feb 15, 12:39 pm, wrote:
>
> > This has happened to 3 friends of mine today. We had a bad ince/snow
> >stormin NJ yesterday and now when these cars gor over 50mph, they
> > start to shake. 2 are 4wd cars and 1 is front wheel drive. These cars
> > didn't hit anything yesterday, so it shouldn't be alignment. I just
> > have no clue what this could be. Our car is not garaged, so I was
> > wondering if it was some issue regardingice...any help would be
> > appreciated. I won't be able to get this car in the shop for 4 or 5
> > days and would like to know what I am looking at...as well as telling
> > my friends the same info.
>
> >Jeff
>
> As others mentioned it is likelyicebuilt up inside a wheel. We had
> the same thing happen last night.

Thanks very much to all who responded...I am going out there in a few
minutes to scrape. most
importantly, my wife is no longer nervous about a big repair job!!!

Borrow your wife's rolling pin if she has one and use that to knock the
ice off.Better yet,get her to do it.
cuhulin

wrote:
> On Feb 15, 2:40 pm, "John S." > wrote:
>
>>On Feb 15, 12:39 pm, wrote:
>>
>>
>>>This has happened to 3 friends of mine today. We had a bad ince/snow
>>>stormin NJ yesterday and now when these cars gor over 50mph, they
>>>start to shake. 2 are 4wd cars and 1 is front wheel drive. These cars
>>>didn't hit anything yesterday, so it shouldn't be alignment. I just
>>>have no clue what this could be. Our car is not garaged, so I was
>>>wondering if it was some issue regardingice...any help would be
>>>appreciated. I won't be able to get this car in the shop for 4 or 5
>>>days and would like to know what I am looking at...as well as telling
>>>my friends the same info.
>>
>>>Jeff
>>
>>As others mentioned it is likelyicebuilt up inside a wheel. We had
>>the same thing happen last night.
>
>
> Thanks very much to all who responded...I am going out there in a few
> minutes to scrape. most
> importantly, my wife is no longer nervous about a big repair job!!!
>

It'd be nice if we could get back to "deep dish" wheels like were
popular before the proliferation of FWD cars and ABS... now all the ice
builds up on the INSIDE of the wheel...

nate

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wrote:
> On Feb 15, 12:57 pm, E Meyer > wrote:
>> Likely ice buildup in the wheels throwing them off balance. Whenever
>> it melts, they should return to normal.
>
> Thanks so much for your help! I had a feeling it was something like
> that. Since I do not have a garage, is there a way that I can speed
> this up? Maybe a hair dryer? I don't have a lift so I can't get too
> far under the car, but I would think that I can reach around behind
> the wheel. It is supposed to remain in the 20's (in the single digits
> at night), so I would like to help move things along. Thanks again!!
>
> Jeff

Go to some hardware or auto parts place and get some of that spray-on ice
melt stuff. Maybe it's in a trigger-spray bottle now. It works ok on glass
anyhow.