Car shakes at 65mph

[bd2988]

I have a 95 escort LX and when I get up to about 65 mph the steering is very loose and the car seems to shake. It's drivable at this speed but if I go above 70 it shakes more violently. I shook the tierods with my hand and they didn't budge... Any suggestions??

[Snow93]

Tires/Rims out of balance? thats my ownly guess..

[Jet-Lee]

[panzees36]

Sounds like tires need balancing.

[Snow93]

if worse comes to worse it could also be the shocks, or broken springs. If the balancing fails, get it done again and watch them like a hawk, caus it could be the rim thats bent..

[Jet-Lee]

bearings even?

[Snow93]

hmm. if it was bearings wouldnt you hear them? even worse the rack and pinion couldbe goin =P but lets stick with the simplistic ones first lol.. (oh hey how exactly you remove these sealed bearing packs anyways? mine i getting rather old..)

[tonyajeans]

We inherited a 91 ford with 55k and it was shaking at 65. My husband took it in for an oil change and they said our tire depth was bad on the front tires. So he bought new tires and it fixed the shake. His Uncle who is a mechanic thought for sure it was a balance issue. I would try new tires first.

[adrian m]

tires need realignment/balancing

[Snow93]

just get the periodicly rotated, should keep it from irregualer wear..

[nkc]

well, did you fix it? My 93 escort, 1.9L did the same thing, but I was told it was the oxogyn sensor. It was then replaced and then no shaking at 60 and above..

[barretire]

Originally Posted by bd2988

I have a 95 escort LX and when I get up to about 65 mph the steering is very loose and the car seems to shake. It's drivable at this speed but if I go above 70 it shakes more violently. I shook the tierods with my hand and they didn't budge... Any suggestions??

Check the inner tierods at these speeds I would rule out tires

[BentleyGroupin]

also take a look at your front/rear struts, those a long process, takes a couple hours to fix them up