MR2Mike
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my steering wheel is shaking when i move off and gets worse around 50mph, ive had 4 new tyres, spiggot rings, balancing and tracking... what else could cause it ?????
[Edited on 06-07-2005 by Mike_Corsa]
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Michael B
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What size are the wheels, it could just be because they are so big, on a small car.. It sounded like balancing, though you say its done.. When you go over 50mph does it go away? On my car It vibrates at 50/60mph then goes away at speeds over that, might just be a case of putting up with it?!
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Richie
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There are loads of things.
Track rod ends, tie rod bushes, warped discs (if its even worse under braking),
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langey
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have you smashed an alloy?
when i smashed my car sideways into a kerb the front wheel buckled and was wobbling the stearing wheel well bad. evan more when i broke, but it did it all the time, just changed it to the back.
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Adam-D
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which is worse as itll wear the wheel bearing out
and the drum could come off and the tyre will wear out quickly
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langey
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
which is worse as itll wear the wheel bearing out
and the drum could come off and the tyre will wear out quickly
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MR2Mike
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17 inch wheels, 7.5 wide, second hand, they are kurbed, but all have new tyres and have been balanced, had tracking done other day, track rod ends were slightly seized but its still the same now
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Adam-D
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wheels may be balenced but still may be buckled
the two front steelies on my corsa are buckeled but they are balenced
it shakes around 50mph
langey its best to have the best pair of wheels and tyres on the back or itll over sterr when you dont need it
its easyer to catch understeer than oversteer
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MR2Mike
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it was shakin really bad, fitted spiggot rings, had new tyres, one wheel refurbed, tracking, balancing, still a slight shake at all speeds, gets gradually worse
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langey
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think i'm gonna buy a set of steelys, cheaper tyres too, for when i'm going thro front tyres in a month.
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Michael B
What size are the wheels, it could just be because they are so big, on a small car.. It sounded like balancing, though you say its done.. When you go over 50mph does it go away? On my car It vibrates at 50/60mph then goes away at speeds over that, might just be a case of putting up with it?!
That's bad wheel balance or no spiggot rings, mine does that but it's between 60 and 70 mph, once I get to about 80 it's nice and smooth. Too bad my car doesn't cruise at that speed 
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Michael B
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Whats spiggot rings..??!
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Adam-D
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if you aftermarket wheel, they have a std pcd the spiggot rings are plastic rings that adapt the wheel to fit diffent hub sizes
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MR2Mike
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anyone any ideas about mine then ??
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Speedline
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Sounds like your wheels are buckled there mate, did you buy them new?, if so did u notice the steering wheel shaking when you first put them on?
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mikehiow
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anyone know where I can get a spiggot ring from, I'm missing one on one of my wheels, and mines shaking, I thought they just screwed up the balancing.
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Speedline
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You can buy spiggot rings from places like Demon Tweeks mate.
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MR2Mike
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they are second hand wheels mate, and if they were buckled, they would have been able to tell when they were on the balancing machine
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MR2Mike
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MR2Mike
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TOP someone must know surely ???
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