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will_doyle
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26th Mar 10 at 12:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
when I go 40mph+ my steering wheel shakes and my car will slowly drift to the left

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[Edited on 26-03-2010 by will_doyle]
adiohead
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26th Mar 10 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by will_doyle
when I go 40mph+ why steering wheel shakes and my car will slowly drift to the left

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why = my
mantamark
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26th Mar 10 at 12:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wheels balance & get tracking done.
will_doyle
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quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
quote:
Originally posted by will_doyle
when I go 40mph+ why steering wheel shakes and my car will slowly drift to the left

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why = my



will_doyle
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26th Mar 10 at 12:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by mantamark
wheels balance & get tracking done.


I know they charge £5 a tyre for wheel balancing.. tracking is expensive or not?
lostboy
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26th Mar 10 at 12:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by will_doyle
quote:
Originally posted by mantamark
wheels balance & get tracking done.


I know they charge £5 a tyre for wheel balancing.. tracking is expensive or not?


I just went to see about tracking done on my Nova and they said £35 so I'd imagine it would be of similar price elsewhere.
nathy_87
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26th Mar 10 at 12:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Depends on the garage, cost me £29.40 to get mine done.
3CorsaMeal
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26th Mar 10 at 12:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just shake the steering wheel with your hands at the same rate and this will counteract the wheels shaking
mantamark
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26th Mar 10 at 12:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It doesnt matter if its expensive or not, it sounds like you need it done. You will end up going through tyres.
Scotty C
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26th Mar 10 at 12:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Tracking may not be out, might just be the camber of the road.
mantamark
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26th Mar 10 at 12:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh, i thought he meant all of the time, good point.
Rich H
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26th Mar 10 at 12:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
TBF are you still running 2 different profile tyres on the front? That would be my first port of call to sort if so
Nic Barnes
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26th Mar 10 at 13:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
did you also get new tyres will? As i remember a thread from a week ago where you had pics of some really worn ones. If you did then they should have been balanced when new were fitted.
steven_r2008
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26th Mar 10 at 13:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
did you also lose the map to the help section
GteRedtop
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26th Mar 10 at 13:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the shaking throught the steering wheel will be the balancing or a tyre out of shape or the wheel buckled badley. pulling to one side could be a number of things... more presure in 1 tyre than the other? difrent size tyres on the front? tracking? bent bottom arm?
3CorsaMeal
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26th Mar 10 at 13:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
this thead is another loads of bollocks, how on earth this will doyle didn't notice the state of the tyres last week, yet just had new tyres and now notices car drives funny.

surely you would go back to whoever fitted them, not come home and consult the internet
Fro
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26th Mar 10 at 13:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I thought the internet must be consulted before we do anything in life?
antnee
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26th Mar 10 at 14:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
I thought the internet must be consulted before we do anything in life?
Jenko_Sport
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quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
I thought the internet must be consulted before we do anything in life?


Reecemac
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26th Mar 10 at 19:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
All you need to do is undo the front wheel bolts so they are very loose, now get the car to 70mph and the shakes would be gone.
ashleh
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26th Mar 10 at 19:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine does this big time, i can be moving about 5mph and the wheel will turn 90 degrees to the left. Tracking didn't fix it, haven't got round to search for other solutions yet lol
Reecemac
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26th Mar 10 at 19:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Seriously, you checked you tire pressure ash? Mine pulled to the left when i got it, pumped in up front left had 5psi right had 25psi. Turned out the front left had a slow puncture.
ashleh
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27th Mar 10 at 20:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Reecemac
Seriously, you checked you tire pressure ash? Mine pulled to the left when i got it, pumped in up front left had 5psi right had 25psi. Turned out the front left had a slow puncture.


yeee i checked lmao, gonna wait it out till mot
Ian_GTI
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27th Mar 10 at 23:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
havent you got one wheel bigger than the other? id start with that before worrying about balancing!

 
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