Hi everyone, wanted to reach out and get some help diagnosing a problem I've been chasing with my car the last week or so. One night on the way home from work my car suddenly started shaking at certain speeds, it's the worst at ~22 and ~70-75, but at some speeds it doesn't shake at all (for example, can drive at 65 with no shaking). There are no strange noises so wanted to start looking at other options before going straight to wheel bearings since noise seems to be the most common symptom of a bad bearing based on my searches. Anyways, here's what I've done:
Long story short, just wondering if it sounds like my wheel bearing is likely the problem or if it could possibly be a worn out bushing or something similar in the rear that's causing my rear hub to have some play. Hoping it isn't the bearing cuz we have a week of rain coming up so I can't ride the motorcycle and need the Lexus to get to work. Thanks for any advice!
- Got wheels balanced/rotated at Costco. Tech said two of my rims were bent. Vibration wasn't fixed.
- Bought new wheels (RPF1's, was considering buying anyways) and had the tires swapped over since they still have 90% tread. Vibration wasn't fixed, although after driving home it seemed like the low speed vibration was getting better.
- Jacked the car up today and did a nut/bolt check to make sure it wasn't something coming loose from the manual swap. Everything seemed fine.
- Pulled on the front wheels while jacked up, no play at all.
- Pulled on the rear wheels, seems like there's a little bit of play, which has me suspecting wheel bearings. Not sure if it could be a ball joint or bushing though, and not sure what the best way to check that is.
Long story short, just wondering if it sounds like my wheel bearing is likely the problem or if it could possibly be a worn out bushing or something similar in the rear that's causing my rear hub to have some play. Hoping it isn't the bearing cuz we have a week of rain coming up so I can't ride the motorcycle and need the Lexus to get to work. Thanks for any advice!