ne ideas wot the problem could be?
2006-09-17 22:43:18 · 27 answers · asked by supamario 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
YOu should not be driving over 70mph if your in the UK but anyway your wheels need balancing it does not cost much from a tyre retailers
2006-09-17 22:45:36 · answer #1 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2 REASONS:
1. Your tyres are no longer perfectly round i.e. you might have flat spots on your tyres caused by locking your wheels (skidding) which scrapes rubber off the tyre leaving a "flat spot".
2. The rim (metal part) became damaged due to striking a pot-hole or other sharp edge i.e. a curb at excessive speed.
Remedy:
Go to a place like KwikFit and ask them to test your wheels and determine what the problem is. 3 possibilities exist:
1. Minor unbalaced wheels. Simply balance the wheels. (Not all tyres and rims are perfectly balanced when manufactured and mostly require slight fine tune balancing)
2. Tyres have damage to them i.e. flat spots or damaged steel belts. This requires some or all of the tyres to be replaced.
3. Rims have damage i.e. cracked or bent from striking pot-holes or curb. Damaged rims will need to be replaced or repaired. Alloy rims can be repaired. Steel rims should be replaced.
Following this advice should get your problem ironed out. If not then you should have the car's steering mechanism checked by the agents for worn or damaged parts. Since the steering mechanism is a life critical system of a car, you cannot compromise on this.
I recently had 17" alloy rims shod with extremely low profile Dunlop SP 7000D tyres installed to my wife's 2003 polo, which by the way, is up for sale.
2006-09-17 23:09:52 · answer #2 · answered by StephenJ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wheel balance most likely.
Tracking/alignment probems casuse pulling to one side and tyre wear not wobble.
Bent wheel usually wobbles worst at low speed, as do loose wheels and shot wheel bearings.
Worn suspension parts especially the rack and track rod ends always make wheel wobble worse.
Wheel balance is often worst at certain wheel speeds, 70 mph us usually bad, thats 80 on a little VW speedo and it would be real bad if it could do 140.
Ring round for a good price on a wheel balance as a first step.
2006-09-18 02:14:29 · answer #3 · answered by "Call me Dave" 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wheel balance, bearings, track rod ends, loose rack could be anything, get a manual and check it out. It will show you how to asses what the problem is. Checking for wheel bearings and track rod ends is quite straightforward and takes about 20 minutes to do.
Take it to a reputable mechanic and get it fixed. When they do wheel alignment, make sure they take it up on both sides and when you get the car back , that the steering wheel points dead ahead....when travelling dead ahead of course.
My guess is wheel balance as your car is quite young, but it really could be anything.
Whacked any kerbs or potholes ? That`ll shaft track rods etc...
2006-09-17 23:15:08 · answer #4 · answered by Robert Abuse 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you need your wheels balanced. Also get a mechanic to check your ball joints in the steering rack and top and bottom joints as well as the wheel bearings......but my guess it is the wheels that need balancing. Most tyre garages charge about £5 per wheel to balance. Hope this Helps
2006-09-17 23:06:53 · answer #5 · answered by johnmeds 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably one of 2 things, either the wheels need balancing which will cost about £20 from Kwik Fit or it may be a little more serious and the wheels need aligning which will cost about £30 from Kwik Fit. Either way it's probably not a major expense.
2006-09-17 22:46:05 · answer #6 · answered by Aaron 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have a qualified mechanic check your CV (constant velocity) joints, tires and alignment. Make sure the tread on your tires isn't cupped, or worn in an alternating pattern. If your tires are worn abnormally, or if the pressure is uneven, that can cause your steering wheel to shudder at certain speeds. The important thing is to have someone that knows what they are doing to inspect it properly.
2016-03-27 06:50:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wheels are unbalanced or not aligned. Its called 'high-speed shudder'.
Very simple solution which a wheels shop can sort out.
Also check tyre pressure.
2006-09-17 22:46:18 · answer #8 · answered by Claude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an alignment and also have your wheels balanced. It happened to me above 60 mph and that was my problem... its fixed now.
2006-09-17 22:51:36 · answer #9 · answered by sarah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If balancin the tires and wheel alignment dont help, you have to look at changing the Front ends or look at the rubbers in the front end suspension.
2006-09-17 22:52:04 · answer #10 · answered by rowell1608 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋