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    Shaking steering wheel?

    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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    RE: Shaking steering wheel?

    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!

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    RE: Shaking steering wheel?

    Balance is probably off or check for warped discs.
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    Shaking steering wheel?

    If it were disks the issue would only be under breaking.

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    RE: Shaking steering wheel?

    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.
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    RE: Shaking steering wheel?

    As above really, Also possibly the wheels are buckled?

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    Shaking steering wheel?

    Check tyre pressures too - happened to me last week!


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    RE: Shaking steering wheel?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave
    If it were disks the issue would only be under breaking.
    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.
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    RE: Shaking steering wheel?

    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.

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    Shaking steering wheel?

    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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