Vibration

xplosiv · Post by **xplosiv** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:10 pm

Hi,

I have been out in the day all day and noticed I get vibration in the steering wheel between 60 - 90mph (not gone over that) and the vibration gets worse. Very strange as I have checked all the tyre pressures and got quick fit to balance the two front tyres. Anybody have any ideas?

All I can think if is a tyre that is out of shape, but I have checked them and cannot see anything, also if this was the case surly quick fit would have noticed it and happily sold me two new tryes. Interesting the back tyres are Pirelli and the two fronts are mega (never heard of them)

Help

Andy

xplosiv · Post by **xplosiv** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:26 pm

Hi,

Any ideas?

andy

Post by **DaiRees** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:07 pm

I wouldn't be that trusting of sh*t-fit's balancing myself....

TooT · Post by **TooT** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:24 pm

Yeah, go somewhere else and get them balanced again.

A mate had his done a bit back at a Hi-Q centre and they managed to make them worse, idiots.

xplosiv · Post by **xplosiv** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:59 pm

Hi,

Just swapped the front tyres and wheels from front to back and it made no differance, so it looks like a job fo the mechanic

Andy

turbolag · Post by **turbolag** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:19 pm

Also, make sure the surface where the wheel mates gainst the disc bell is surgically clean. The slightest bit of kack here can cause the wheel to sit eccentrically on the hub by a fraction, and cause the wobbles. Alloys especially prone to this on pugs due to cheapo alloy that furs up easily.

xplosiv · Post by **xplosiv** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:32 pm

Hi,

Ok the mechanic had a 406 in his garage so swapped all four wheels on mine for all four on the one in the garge and the vibration went, so either :

The wheels need balancing (although i did get two done a kwik fit)
The tyres are f*cked (the car may have been standing for a while) so may try deflating and reinfalting them as they may not be sitting correclty (also may over inflat and leave for a while) see if that fixes the shape of them
or tha alloys them self are out of shape (unlikly)

ANdy

diesel-dog · Post by **diesel-dog** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:12 pm

DaiRees wrote:I wouldn't be that trusting of sh*t-fit's balancing myself....

Just noticed that kwick-fit is advertised on the bottom of the page

Wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole myself, spotty little oiks with cheese for brains, being led by a manager driven by targets from head office! Been bitten once, never again!!

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:48 pm

i dont know what the atraction is with kwik sh*t, as they arent even cheap let alone do a reasonable job