amos
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
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my corsa b has Wobbly Wheels?? there is vibration bettween 30 to 65 mph and it pulls to one side what should i look at to fix it?
thank jason
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Scotty C
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Jack the car up and wobble the wheel side to side and top to bottom. Get someone to locate where the play is.
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Phillips_91
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Registered: 20th Jan 10
Location: Blackpool. Drives: Sapphire Black Mk4 Astra 1.8
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wheel bolts definately tight?
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Jakey
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Wheels may also need balancing. Go with the free option and see if theres any play in the wheels.
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amos
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yeh there all tight and i'll give the rest a try
thanks
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Phillips_91
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quote: Originally posted by amos
yeh there all tight and i'll give the rest a try
thanks
Just thought i'd check lol, i thought my wheels had lost a weight and were unbalanced, thought nothin of it carried on driving, got worse so i pulled over
Lucky really cos as i got out i noticed car was on a lean, thought i was just in a drain hole or somethin got round the over side and the arch was stopping the wheel from falling completely, 2 of the bolts were lying right next to the wheel and 2 had fucked off somewhere lmao, was lucky i stopped really saved me from doing any damage
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amos
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I checked the bolts last week because a mate had two wheels fall of in two weeks lol
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Phillips_91
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karma for me i suppose for tightening them up with a 6 inch snap on ratchet really need to invest in a torque wrench!
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alan-g-w
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Is it the front or back? Back wheels wobbling could mean a fucked wheel bearing, watch out for that.
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AshWatson
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quote: Originally posted by alan-g-w
Is it the front or back? Back wheels wobbling could mean a fucked wheel bearing, watch out for that.
as said if back ^ rear 1's are something not to ignore and keep driving till u get cash etc if u find play ive seen a fair few corsa b's snap stub axles and wheels come off etc
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alan-g-w
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Mine went the other week, opened it up to find the bearing in pieces and the wheel had about 1" of play. Weird thing is it wasn't obvious when driving, was my mate noticed the sideways movement.
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amos
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it feels like the front how would i check the bearings??
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alan-g-w
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What do you mean it 'feels like the front'? If your wheel feels loose get your hub nut checked asap.
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amos
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every nut tight
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alan-g-w
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How did you check the hub nut?
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AshWatson
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quote: Originally posted by alan-g-w
How did you check the hub nut?
was about to ask same mate.... waiting for the got a 24" breaker bar and made sure the nut was so tight it wouldnt move
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