Steering Wheel shaking above 80kms

djtreble · Post by **djtreble** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:30 am

One other thing to check is for brake disk warping

rat · Post by **rat** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:36 am

cars brakes fine, but will ckeck the disks also

P3g4sus · Post by **P3g4sus** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:48 am

I have the same issue, but under braking it becomes realy bad!

But i presume its the disks

djtreble · Post by **djtreble** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:49 am

That's deffinately disks mate

P3g4sus · Post by **P3g4sus** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:50 am

yep, thought so!

nirvash · Post by **nirvash** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:42 pm

P3g4sus wrote:I have the same issue, but under braking it becomes realy bad!

But i presume its the disks

ya, sounds like warped disks, drove my dads bmw with warped disks and the steering would wouble quite abit under braking

P3g4sus · Post by **P3g4sus** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:43 pm

would be quite nice for a bachelor i suppose!

aep886 · Post by **aep886** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:34 am

wheel bearing...
front disk...

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:50 am

Definitely check tie rod and rack ends. Any play here will cause the symptoms you described.

THEO 3K - ZN · Post by **THEO 3K - ZN** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:27 pm

Did you fix the problem Ratty?

rat · Post by **rat** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:09 pm

Jacked the car up and when i spin the wheels they are round. No movement when i move the wheels so assume bearing are fine. Disks are fine.

poizen · Post by **poizen** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:16 pm

i think its your spare wheel you need to pump up the tyre and tighten the wheel nut then should be good

Enzio · Post by **Enzio** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:29 pm

Might sound stupid but have you considered driveline vibration? Are you sure it's only the front wheels ie. steering?

rat · Post by **rat** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:36 pm

Enzio wrote:Might sound stupid but have you considered driveline vibration? Are you sure it's only the front wheels ie. steering?

Yes from the steering wheel, if you let it go you can see it moving

suske · Post by **suske** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:39 pm

have you always had this problem or is it new?
i would suggest your disk's are badly warpt but first get the car to wheel alignment and get them to have a look at caster and thrust angle
my second thought is try and run through all the suspension and rod bolt/nuts including your steering rack it might simply be a loose nut causing play...
is there any pull to left or right when you let go of the steering wheel?