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You get over one problem but there's always another... Does anyone know why I might be getting vibration and wobble through my steering wheel that's got nothing to do with wheel balance? Peugeot 205 XLD by the way. Also I've noticed the steering wheel is slightly turned to the right when driving in a straight line... could this be related to the wobble or do I have two different problems...? It vibrates when going fast, ie bewtween 50 and 70, but wobbles at a much slower pace when driving at aropund 20-30, if you let go of the wheel it just rotates back and forth about 1-2cms each way. I'm planning to sell the damn thing after it's MOT next month but no-one's going to buy a car off me if I say 'it runs fine but there's this one thing...' and I'm not lying to anybody! While I'm at it, what car would anybody advise someone to buy if they had £800-£1100 to spend, were after a small or smallish car (mini-escort) which will have good fuel economy, low tax and insurance and is also likely to be as reliable as possible because they are a poor student who will be spending their every last penny on buying it in the first place (i.e. ME!)...? Thanks!
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Question: how do you know it's nothing to do with wheel balance? I assume you mean that you've had them balanced, but the balance machine could have been faulty.
The problem could also be a worn inner CV joint. This tends to induce a sort of wobble at low speeds and might well vibrate at higher speeds, since the shaft will be slightly out of balance.
It could also be a deformed tyre. I once had one where the tread was not "straight" around its entire circumference. Try jacking up the vehicle and rotating the front wheels whilst looking at the tread pattern from the front.
Ian Cook
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Could be that the toe-in & camber angles aren't right - these could cause some of the symptoms. If you are near Micheldever Tyres in Hampshire, get it along there for an alignment check. If not, find somewhere else locally that has state-of-the-art gear for setting the suspension & steering up.
Silly question - how do you know the wobble has nothing to do with wheel balance? On the assumption that it has been done recently, hence your assertion, it could be that it wasn't done properly.
Sounds like you've got a couple of different problems, being the wobble/vibration, and the see-sawing at low speeds. The only way you'll get them sorted is with professional help - we're not talking big money, Micheldever charge £18 for full alignment check.
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9 times out of 10 this is a fault with tread deviation/out of round. Many tyre fitters are oblivious to the fact you can't balance this out. They will swear blind if it is balanced on their electronic machine the tyre can't be at fault - not so.
MM
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Try swapping the tyres front to back. Or replacing each front in turn with the spare. Costs you nothing (except sweat) and might pinpoint the fault.
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Don't attach too much to the out-of-line steering wheel - this may only reflect previous tracking adjustments, which are usually done on one side only (time costs money). If it is 10 or more degrees - and assuming you have a big socket and the other problems are corrected - you should be able to pull the wheel off the splines and turn it straight ahead (roughly).
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"you should be able to pull the wheel off the splines and turn it straight ahead (roughly)."
Beware: airbag! read manual. Possibility of it going off!
madf
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sorry disleckzia rules KO .. I thought it said 206...
(old age strikes again...when I wuz young we had speaking trumpets, non of these new fangled computers)
madf
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Sorry, I don't agree with the suggestion to reposition the steering wheel on the column. If the tracking has been done unevenly I think this will have unbalanced the steering angles (re: the Ackermann principle) and this needs correcting at source.
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I did say "if the other problems are cured". Anyway, resetting the wheel on the column won't make any problems at the bottom end any better or worse, but at least the indicators will cancel correctly!
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Can't see how that effects the Ackerman principle.
If the toe is correct and the wheels point in a straight line then it doesnt matter where the wheel is, for purposes of this principle.
It is however damn anoying.
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