i have a 97 accord dx 4 dr sedan with the 2.2l.

When accelerating from a stop and turning i have a bad vibration coming from the front end. my first thought would be cv axles but they are fairly new (within 2 years). My next guess would be wheel bearings wearing but I would also expect them to act up when accelerating straight. Tires are brand new.

Any suggestions?

 

Last time you had an alignment? Tie rods, ball joints...

 

First chk to make sure that there are no loose ( worn ) suspension parts,,

,if all is ok..

remove the big band from the inner cv joints, pull the boot back enought to stuff a bunch of grease in there, reposition the boot, install a new band , go test drive it ..

 

also make sure there isnt a wheel wieght missing, the tire balance could be off.

 

How is adding grease to the CV boot going to do anything? If the tripod is worn, it will still be worn (and still vibrate) if I add more grease. Not trying to be critical, just curious how this will help.

What suspension parts are consumables on these car? Upper ball joints, lower ball joints, outer tie rods. do these cars have inner tie rods? any other parts I am missing?

 

I'm curious about the grease too. Wobbling is usually wear causingclearance between the tripod bearing & it's tracks in the inner driver.

Inner tie rods are those shafts coming out from the steering rack. The inner tierod balljoint is inside the rubber bellows. Those don't go bad real often.