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11-01-2011, 12:22 AM | #1 |
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Vibration in steering wheel
Hi all, I'm trying to figure out what the vibration in my steering wheel at higher speeds might be caused by. The wheel shakes lightly from about 80km/h and is really obvious at 110km/h. I've had the wheels balanced so that's prettymuch ruled out. Also, the wheel doesn't shake when braking, so I don't think it's warped rotors. The car doesn't obviously pull to one side, but I'm tempted to get a wheel alignment just for peace of mind, since the last time it was done was when I bought the tyres some time last year. Any ideas?
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11-01-2011, 01:53 AM | #2 |
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Wheel alignment, possibly do a balance again, possible that the tyres are worn u evenly or have a flat spot
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11-01-2011, 09:09 AM | #3 |
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Worn lower control arm bushes?
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11-01-2011, 10:00 AM | #4 |
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^ very likely
Had the same issue, and after eliminating all off the above mentioned without any change it has ended up being the control arm bushes. Mine only set in at speeds over 80ish and got progressively worse the faster you went.
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11-01-2011, 01:57 PM | #5 |
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Cool, I've actually got some replacement bushes that I never got around to installing / having installed, so I'll get right on that.
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