Sterring wheel shaking !!!

[varley_1]

The wheel begings to shake at bout 40mph, wen its at 60 mph it shakes really bad, anybody no why ? and ouw i can sort de problem?

[r_i_c_h_1]

Probs needs the wheels balancing

[olee]

Wheels arnt balanced properly?

[evans1089]

tracking maybe out?

[varley_1]

That was my first thought, so i got them balanaced, but still doing it ?

[r_i_c_h_1]

If you accelerate over say 70 does it even back out and stop doing it?

[Mattymcn]

happened to me in my corsa at 70 then went fine after. tracking and wheel aligment out. i never could be arsed to fix it. sold the car :P

[varley_1]

Sumtimes yes and sumtimes no, if not then its fine, wen its at 70, it shakes like mad

[boy_r4cer]

did this with me in my old saxo, only after fitting my alloys, between 40 and 70 it shook like fk above it was fine

[r_i_c_h_1]

But if you go past a certain speed whatever that may be will it stop doing it (after you've had them re-balanced)

[varley_1]

Is there anyway of sorting it so it never does it? Ive had them balanced and tracking done.
Could it just be a case of the alloys are to heavy for such a small car?

[r_i_c_h_1]

Won't be the alloys being too heavy. They are a perfect fit aren't they? Mate up against the hub tightly and securly, don't have a fair amount of flakey corrosion on the mating face etc etc. It does sound like balancing, hopefully the place you had them done did a decent job of it.

[Mr_P]

Were the alloys new or second hand? Have you replaced front wheels with back wheels and see if it still does it? Could have a buckled or egged wheel.

[r_i_c_h_1]

Buckled wheels throw up big numbers on the balancing maching! lol. So assuming they were balanced properly the tyre place would have picked up on that.

[varley_1]

Got them brand new and its always done it, if i keep de car much longer iyl ave shakes in my arms. Any1 got any gud advice on ouw to get it sorted ? Any anybody know why the alloys run when people are in the back?

[r_i_c_h_1]

What weights you got on them? Knock-ons or stickies?

[varley_1]

Knock ons i reckon

[r_i_c_h_1]

Was thinking if they're stickes the wheels might only be semi balanced. Often balancing mechines can be c**ts when you change the settings to stickies, no idea why. Alot of ppl get to a point and think they're 'gd enough' and leave them at that.

Have you tried jacking the car up and spinning the wheels by hand to look for imperfections?

[varley_1]

Yep and there aint any. Mite go bk to the garage and get it rebalanced and re tracked, see wot appens

[r_i_c_h_1]

Might be an idea to get it done somewhere else if theres a chance they didn't do it properly the first time.

[varley_1]

Ide ave to agree.
Any ideas ouw i can stop the rubbing when people are in the back?

[r_i_c_h_1]

Depends where it's rubbing?

[wingswest]

Check the tyres/balancing/tracking!
Could be anyone of the three...

[SimonsSaxo]

could also be warped brake discs would be worth checking out