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Could anyone help.
My steering wheel starts shaking after about 80-90kmph.
It's not as bad as it was on the mv2s. After the mv2s I had a set of steelies on her and it wasn't shaking at all an now I have put a set of motorsports and the shaking is back. Does anyone know what could be wrong?
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Wheels are out of balance by the sounds of things, if you have a set that theres no vibration!
Bring the set down to your local tyre place and ask for them to balance them - only a few quid!
Balance is probably off or check for warped discs.
If it were disks the issue would only be under breaking.
Another vote for wheels out of balance. I once saw a case (ex-colleague) where a build up of dried muck on the inside of a wheel put the wheel out of balance & caused the shaking you experienced. For me this is the cheapest & quickest thing to check. Get the front wheels balanced first. Also the rear wheels should be balanced too, often forgotten about.
As above really, Also possibly the wheels are buckled?
Check tyre pressures too - happened to me last week!
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A buddy of mine had shaking at around 100km/h that ended up being warped discs, this was an E39 though, not sure if that makes any difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave
mine was vibrating at 100kph + too, a week after i balanced the rims. turned out one of the wheels was buckled. you really need to get them on a balancer.
Thanks all the four wheels where balanced and new tyres I'm pretty sure that they aren't buckled as I sprayed the alloys before putting them on. Would it be an issue with the steering rack
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And I forgot to mention it stops after about 130kph.
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What car ?
Mileage ?
Original front suspension ?
Condition of brakes ?
E36 316i
Around 170000 miles
New coilovers
Brakes are in good condition
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causes could be slightly sticking front caliper, all suspension would be well past it now is well new bushs/wishbones tie rods etc
If your positive the wheels are not buckled but judging by the speed it comes in id look at front suspension and calipers if the pistons not going back in all the way it will cause a nasty vibration
Ok thanks would have a look this weekend and see
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Check the wheels are actually round... Jack up and spin them look for a 'hop'.
I had awful trouble with buckled replica wheels before I switched to OE bmw wheels.
Also worn control arm bushes may exaggerate any imbalance in the wheels.