wheel wobbles???

Or a least it feels that way when going over a bump. It feels like the
driver front is shaking back and forth like a fish wiggles... only way
I can explain it .. but it isn't constant just when I hit a ruff spot
in the road or bump.

Recently had the upper fron strut mounts replaced for one was knocking
but this is a new problem.
96 sl2

Thanks for any pointers.
Phil

 

I had a similar experience with another car of mine. It quickly turned
into very violent shaking at highway speeds, but only after I hit a bump
or something else to perturb it. It turned out that I needed new tie
rods.

FWIW

 

thanks.. mine goes into the shop on thursday

 

Could be a couple a things. Not sure bout '96 models, but later year S
models had trouble with alignments and sometimes possibly needed a front
strut dampener added on to resolve shaking as you described.

Points to look for:

alignment problems
wheel balance
tire/wheel out of round
front dampener strut (saturn may offer to install this only if needed)

good luck on thurs.
marx404

 

Well all is fine... I replaced the front struts and that solved the
problem. Tomorrow I will replace the rears then get it aligned.