wheel wobble?

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wheel wobble?

by DOD » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:14 pm

i've got a problem every time i go above 50mph the steering wheel is wobbling ,seems to die down abit
above 80mph though :shock: ,apart from the obvious ,buckled wheel,wheels not balanced properly does anyone
have an ideas as to what the problem could be??? gona take wheels of this week and check and see if there is
spigot rings on them Any help greatly appreciated guys as its driving me :bang: Cheers
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Re: wheel wobble?

by Allys Cally » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:16 pm

tracking could be out
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Re: wheel wobble?

by Callyman » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:24 pm

You've covered the obvious causes already Dod, The fact it gets worse then better again as you get faster tells me it's badly balanced.
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Re: wheel wobble?

by v6 steve » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:50 pm

while youv got the wheels off check the balljoints are lower arm bush's also check the tyre pressure
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Re: wheel wobble?

by DOD » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:24 pm

Thanks for the quick reply's guys , i'll get the tracking checked and get wheels
re-balanced see if that helps
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Re: wheel wobble?

by tazz666 » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:24 pm

and check the wheel offset aswell while the wheel is off :D
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Re: wheel wobble?

by Fraz » Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:22 am

and also the spigot rings are there (if required)
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Re: wheel wobble?

by Calibra_Mike » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:08 am

balancing would be my first port of call...
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