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    Suspension problems

    I've been having some problems with the suspension and tires on my car lately. I have a bad vibration at certain speeds, mainly around 45 mph or higher. It also seems to get worse the longer the car is on the road and in warm weather.

    The tires I put on in the front are new and have been balanced three times allready. They were balanced when they were put on last month, then I took them to walmart (had no choice) to get them balanced again. The rear tires needed to be balanced so I had them do all four tires. It worked for a little bit but the problem was still intermittent. Walmart ended up cutting the valve stem on the driver's side front tire putting on the wheel covers, so I brought the car back to them again yesterday. Drove it for 30 miles and I'm still having the same problems so far. I'm going to have the lug nuts retorqued tommorow, but I doubt it will help much.

    I do have bad shocks in the rear, the rear end just sways up and down all over the place every time I hit a bump. The springs are original also and it bottoms out on certain driveways.

    Is this bad wheel bearings, ball joints, or something else? My truck used to have similar problems and it had bad wheel bearings. I have also noticed that my front left tire is tilted a little bit inwards towards the hood and it makes some noise when I'm turning sometimes.

    Its just really annoying since this car rides like shit during the day, but is smooth as glass on a cool night.
    Current rides - 1991 Ford Thunderbird 3.8 v6 (gas saver/DD) - New Heads/Headgaskets with ARP studs, Air Silencer Delete, 70mm MAF, Plasti-dipped Matte Black with a Silver Metalflake Overlay, Muffler Delete, some LED's, 30.233 MPG for high MPG average!
    2006 Jeep Wrangler 4WD (fun vehicle/backup DD) - 4.0/6spd - too many mods to list.

    Associated Panthers:
    Father's 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Stock, 45,000 miles.
    Sold in 2007 - 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis LS "Grandpa Special" 2 door.
    http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2128327

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    The vibe sounds like bearings. My car did that too. They're cheap and fairly easy to replace. Shame I didn't know about this a month ago when I did the brake swap on my car. I'd have given you the bearings from my front wheels, both sides had been replaced maybe a year before I dumped the stock brake parts. The squeaking is quite possibly bad ball joints. Come on up some weekend and get it checked out.
    86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
    5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

    91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

    1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

    Originally posted by phayzer5
    I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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      I have to replace the front brakes, but are the wheel bearings hard to replace at the same time?
      Current rides - 1991 Ford Thunderbird 3.8 v6 (gas saver/DD) - New Heads/Headgaskets with ARP studs, Air Silencer Delete, 70mm MAF, Plasti-dipped Matte Black with a Silver Metalflake Overlay, Muffler Delete, some LED's, 30.233 MPG for high MPG average!
      2006 Jeep Wrangler 4WD (fun vehicle/backup DD) - 4.0/6spd - too many mods to list.

      Associated Panthers:
      Father's 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Stock, 45,000 miles.
      Sold in 2007 - 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis LS "Grandpa Special" 2 door.
      http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2128327

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