coolbrys

Hey, I'm hoping you guys can help me. My car has about 170,000 miles on it fyi. In November, I replaced my cv halfshaft on the driver's side, and a week later my car started vibrating. I brought it to a mechanic, spent $300 on new control arm bushings, and nothing was changed. After bringing it back to him many times, I gave up as he could not give me any answers at all. I brought it to Les Schwab, had all the tires checked, and they said all the tires were fine. The vibration happens when I'm accelerating past say, 20 miles an hour, and there's a slight vibration when I'm coasting. However, if I just barely rest my foot on the gas pedal (engine is ~2000rpm) then the vibration completely stops. I can feel it in the steering wheel and gas pedal, leading me to believe it's in the front end. And, yesterday, I came to an interesting conclusion about something. Previously, the vibration would stop at seemingly random times, but I have confirmed that it tends to stop for about 20 miles every time I jack up the car to check the tires/wheels/halfshaft. After a while it comes back. If you need any more information, I'll be glad to answer it.

Well, I've researched this a lot and after bringing it to a mechanic and Les Schwab (mechanic's idea) I have come to this board for help. Thanksgiving week my dad and I replaced the driver's side CV halfshaft on my 96 Lexus ES300. We got a Duralast part from Autozone (part no. 7429N) and for about a whole week it was perfect. However, suddenly one day, the car began to shake during speeds 35mph and up. After looking at it, we brought it to our mechanic and he diagnosed it as the lower control arm bushings. $300 later and replaced bushings, the problem is still there. So, I brought it back to him. He looked at it for a day and said it had something to do with the tire, but he didn't have tire balancing equipment. He moved the tire to the back and said to get it balanced. Today, I brought it to Les Schwab to get it balanced. After an hour and a half wait, the guy came back in saying there was no balance issue. So, I'm stuck again. I have a few notes on it. One, the clicking sound that the old halfshaft made is gone, but replaced with a more spaced apart clicking sound that only happens every so often. I also cannot tell myself if it's the tire or the halfshaft, as the vibration feels the same as it did - I can't tell exactly where it's coming from. I can hear a sound that sounds like a loosely bolted tire, but it's bolted on very tight, and we've mounted it multiple times.