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    Shaking in the front end, and sputtering

    I can post a video if that will help a little, but I actually just did my clutch on my 1989 Honda Accord LX. I don't know what is causing it, but I can be coasting at around 15-20 mph, and my steering wheel will begin to shake from left to right. Any diag. for this? It's confusing, and it gets no worse after 3rd gear (40+ mph)
    Might I add, my vehicle came equipped with the 2 barrel carb. Is there anything I can do to "tune" it? I'm getting sputtering, almost like my car wants to stall out. It never happens while driving, only when I'm idling.
    Please help!



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    Re: Shaking in the front end, and sputtering

    How much did you drive it before the clutch job? Did you pop out the tie rod end? I would check the things you had to move or remove to get the trans out. Could be the a tire too.

    These carbs are a mess, check vacuum hoses all 23755 of them lOl seriously check for vac leaks, clean and lube carb parts with a good carb spray and wd 40. Then see how it does, there is no avoiding removing that air cleaner assembly a dozen times to figure and tinker.

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    Re: Shaking in the front end, and sputtering

    Quote Originally Posted by 2oodoor View Post
    How much did you drive it before the clutch job? Did you pop out the tie rod end? I would check the things you had to move or remove to get the trans out. Could be the a tire too.

    These carbs are a mess, check vacuum hoses all 23755 of them lOl seriously check for vac leaks, clean and lube carb parts with a good carb spray and wd 40. Then see how it does, there is no avoiding removing that air cleaner assembly a dozen times to figure and tinker.
    Literally. Less than 50 miles. LOL. It's running real nice though. I'm glad of my work, considering it's my first clutch job and I did it without direction. It seems like it could be a tie rod/tire issue. Maybe the steelies are set incorrectly? Maybe imbalanced. I'll bring it to work Monday and check it out.
    As for my POS carb, when I'm idling, before I put it into gear, I have to literally rev the engine from it's ~300 RPM, to around 1500-2000 before slowly releasing off the clutch pedal to actually move my car. It's like sputtering and almost stalling, SOUNDING like a misfire. But if I'm not mistaken, misfires are noticed when driving as well, correct? Because this only does it while idling in 1st gear, or in neutral. *ALSO, it was doing it before I did my clutch..*

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