Steering Wheel Vibration over 60mph

[AndiSe5]

Glad u got it fixed, mine is till vibrating, after now changing everything [img]/sad.gif[/img]

[wilko]

could be youve got a slight buckle in your wheel so slight youl hardly be able to notice it visually i had same problem with mine luckily i work at kwik fit so every day when i had a spare min i pulled mine in & kept re-balancing them as i didnt notice any buckles on the balancer in the end i swapped my wheels front to back & the vibrations have stopped try swapping them if it still shakes it could be warped discs but that would cause a bad vibration through braking

[AndiSe5]

Sorry wilko but i have new disks pads and calipers allround the alloys are also new and its been doing it b4 i got the new 18's.

[wilko]

as ianw sed then it could possibly be the disc isnt flat on the hub tak4e the discs of & get a wire brush & clean the hubs where the discs sit a neighbour of mine had a simlar prob with his sierra every time he had the brakes stripped unless he scrubbed the hubs with a wire brush making sure the surface woz like new he came accross problems also check how the tyres are wearing if there not wearing even 1 could be out of shape which could also cause a vibration

[sophos9]

Andi, can you post up a list of things you have tried?

[AndiSe5]

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Oh yes.

Ok my car had originaly 17's and the standard breaks when the wobble started.

Since then i have bought new alloys, new disks pads and calipers (308mm conversion) also at that time i clean the hub.
Recently i changed the lower wishbones, the drop linqs and the outer cv joints and also the topmount bushes including the bearings.

And today i ballanced the wheels again.

There is no play in the bearings.

The only other thing i can think of is the shocks ?

[sophos9]

Jeez, what a list?!?

Ok, the vibration....

Is it between a certain speed range
Is it on different road surfaces
Is it more more noticable on acceleration or deceleration
Is it noticible on braking

Have you had a good curbing or smack in the front?

At this point, I would suspect a bent or distorted driveshaft but let me know the answers

Cheers

[AndiSe5]

<!--QuoteBegin-sophos9+--><div class='quotetop'>(sophos9)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Jeez, what a list?!?

Ok, the vibration....

Is it between a certain speed range
Is it on different road surfaces
Is it more more noticable on acceleration or deceleration
Is it noticible on braking

Have you had a good curbing or smack in the front?

At this point, I would suspect a bent or distorted driveshaft but let me know the answers

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Is it between a certain speed range - 55mph and 65mph
Is it on different road surfaces - no
Is it more more noticable on acceleration or deceleration - no
Is it noticible on braking - no, bracking is solid.

Car has hit no curbs tracking is stright.

Wish i had changed the whole drive shafts now [img]/sad.gif[/img]

The problem occored one day when i had taken the previous wheels off for a good clean.
Ever since then its wobbled, but not as bad now as it did as it had when the problem started.

[AndiSe5]

The wobble is intermittent aswell.

This maybe a case for the X files.

[sophos9]

What you are describing is exactly the same as the issue I had?!?

I would check the new wishbones all over then start looking at the driveshafts, seems sensible that they are the only things left now.....

[AndiSe5]

Nothing wrong with the wish bones, has same prob with the old ones.

How can the drive shafts be bent, the car has had no bumps ?

[RichardH]

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<!--coloro:black--><span style="color:black"><!--/coloro-->Had the wheels balanced a year ago. Now wondering whether a more thorough diagnosis and treatment is needed. <!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

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