Wobbly Wheel From Wim

[FuntimePhil]

Hi guys just a quick question, since my wimage, i have notice a progessivly worse vibration on my steering wheel between 50 and 60 miles an hour, perfectly fine below and above but during those 10 miles an hour i get vibrations, nothing serious but im not keen on it, i've been trying to think if i've hit any pot holes but im sure i'd remember, is this a side effect of the new geometry?

[aido]

It probably needs tweaking mate, does sound like it's been knocked somewhere maybe?

[finchy]

could just be a balancing issue?

[VVProtocolVV]

I had that when i had a seized front caliper. Steering wheel would wobbly like crazy between 40-50, but goes away when above and below them speeds. The seized caliper also caused the front disc to warp which is main contrubution to the wobbly steering wheel. Worth checking if the calipers are hot after a 10 minute drive. But becareful the caliper can get very very hot if its seized. If everything is fine, then get WIM to check again for balance.

[Hando]

Vibration that you can drive through (i.e. it stops above a certain speed) - sounds like wheel balancing.

I'd get down to wim and explain the symptom and have them check it out.

But sticky caliper is another option to check out - check for heat or excessively more brake dust on one of the front wheels that the other.

[FuntimePhil]

can anywhere else check that, wim is a mission for me, cant warrant doing it again so soon

[Yeldarb]

wheel balancing can be done at any fast fit or tyre garage, they should be able do diagnose the fault also.

[Noel]

Could be a wonky tyre as well ... i thought there was something serious wrong with my car, but all the symptoms went anyway with just replacing the front tyres...

It's definitely nothing that was done at WIM that's causing it .... ;)

[Saraj]

yh i had the problem with vibration, with the caliper which then warped the disc, all fixed when i when for the full replacement of discs, calipers and pads on the rear

[VVProtocolVV]

Which reminds me...how comes they can sell a pair of lexus calipers for £199 on eBay (new)? i had to pay something like £160 each and they were also dark metal colour and not shiney likes the ones on eBay.

[Saraj]

I paid 80 each for mine, with the old ones traded in, there were shiny ones,

only problem was the company were not able to refurb the old ones as there were too far gone, so my local car shop is trying to re-coupe the money back off me, or get them another set of calipers lol