I've got the ~~wobbles~~

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Re: I've got the ~~wobbles~~

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Doggy wrote:
Welly wrote:I still think the balancing needs looking at, either that or there's a kinda 'soft spot' in the tyre structure :?
Then you're probably right - can you swap em all in turn for the spare?
The 'spare' is a Money-Saver so I can't really tazz along at 85mph to conduct my testing :( and it has never seen the light of day and remember I wanted to preserve this for the next generation (still has the sticker on the tyre tread :mrgreen: ).
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Progress has a habit of biting one's posterior. :roll:
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It's a miracle there's a spare wheel at all, some have to make do with a 'can' and a small black box.
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Welly wrote:It's a miracle there's a spare wheel at all, some have to make do with a 'can' and a small black box.
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A can to calm the nerves and a black box to work out what happened.

Certainly needed a sharp whiskey on board when the plane got the wobbles at the weekend, bit breezy at the airport.
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Again i refer to the 7 seater camping trip puncture that could happen.... I've always got a can or two in the boot (not stella mind) and i've always got some run flat just in case but if i needed to get to the spare i'd be fooked, it could mean a 22kg crazy sheep dog and all my camping gear loose on a dual carriageway.... think i'll go back to the caravan i can throw him in there if need be.
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Welly, this sounds all to like my Focus.

I had a wheel wobble, must have had all four wheels balenced about 5 times.
Found play in the O/S Track rod, replaced it. Made it 90% better but not brilliant.

Turned out I had a nackered steering rack. Although it did only cost me £256 in the end.
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What's the best way to check if the rack is knackered? never had one go before.

I'm getting fed up with it now Bailes, if the next round of balancing/alignment doesn't fix the issue then I'll be looking at driveshafts :x
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