steering shaking badly

1. laberridge Established Member Joined: Mar 2009 rotherham Posts: 1369 saxo westcoast

   #1 18th June 2010, 01:15

   rite the steering itself is fine, around 60+ the steering wheel shakes quite badly, and i can feel the wheels wobbling, i know everyone is just gonna say needs balancing, but they dont, already had them done. anything to do with the tracking?
2. russelldav Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 223

   #2 18th June 2010, 10:04

   Warped discs?
3. rey Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2006 Kent Posts: 8205 :(s)rac

   #3 18th June 2010, 10:39

   Wheel nuts tight? Buckled wheel?
4. user_42881 Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 North Shields Posts: 779

   #4 18th June 2010, 11:43

   bearings, or tracking??
5. laberridge Established Member Joined: Mar 2009 rotherham Posts: 1369 saxo westcoast

   #5 18th June 2010, 16:14

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by russelldav Warped discs?

   there getting replaced this weekend, but should think so, otherwise you would hear the disks catching every so often.
   
   

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by rey Wheel nuts tight? Buckled wheel?

   yup all tight, wheels are perfect.
   
   

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by geordie_alex bearings, or tracking??

   swapped the drivers side strut completely as though might have been the case, still posists. gonna have to guess its gotta be the tracking.
6. deans2k8 Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 gainsborough Posts: 2337 Vectra 2.0t

   #6 18th June 2010, 16:15

   id say tracking mine used to be like that on my mk1
7. geoffgti88 Regular Poster Joined: May 2010 Shitty Redditch! Posts: 445 MK1 VTR Silver, 205 GTI track car, 306 S16

   #7 18th June 2010, 16:45

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by deans2k8 id say tracking mine used to be like that on my mk1

   What wheel nuts are u using? There's two variations of the flat washer type, mk2's should have a wider end were they sit in the wheel bolt holes and mk2 wheels have larger bolt holes to match
8. jalal L-plater Joined: Apr 2010 birmingham Posts: 43 saxo vtr phase 1, saxo vtr phase 2

   #8 18th June 2010, 17:41

   It could be your axle mate just a suggestion
   my rear axle was f**ked basically an that made my wheels would wobble and the steerin wheel would shake at 60+
9. dankzy Established Member Joined: May 2009 Middlesbrough Posts: 1143 citroen saxo 1.1 forte orange mango :)

   #9 18th June 2010, 17:46

   are you sure they have being balanced right? cuase if you got it done on the cheap then there prob not balane right, or some of the weights have fell off, only other thing is something on the steering loose or worn
10. laberridge Established Member Joined: Mar 2009 rotherham Posts: 1369 saxo westcoast

    #10 18th June 2010, 17:58

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jalal It could be your axle mate just a suggestion my rear axle was f**ked basically an that made my wheels would wobble and the steerin wheel would shake at 60+

    nah mate is deffently the front ones shakin, you can see them lol
11. laberridge Established Member Joined: Mar 2009 rotherham Posts: 1369 saxo westcoast

    #11 18th June 2010, 17:59

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by dankzy are you sure they have being balanced right? cuase if you got it done on the cheap then there prob not balane right, or some of the weights have fell off, only other thing is something on the steering loose or worn

    theres only one place that does them around me, because they dont have the center hole. gonna go back and see though.
12. rey Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2006 Kent Posts: 8205 :(s)rac

    #12 19th June 2010, 01:52

    If you can see them wobble, that seriously sounds like loose wheel nuts or a buckled wheel.
13. laberridge Established Member Joined: Mar 2009 rotherham Posts: 1369 saxo westcoast

    #13 19th June 2010, 02:03

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by rey If you can see them wobble, that seriously sounds like loose wheel nuts or a buckled wheel.

    May have worded that wrong, but you can see it vibratin. Wheel nuts are tight as fuck, but cant see both wheels buckled. I'l take them down to garage, get them balanced and go from there.
14. djgaz9 Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 glasgow Posts: 739 SAXO VTR

    #14 19th June 2010, 02:51

    i have the same problem mate at 60+ the steering wheel shakes and when i break from about 40+ same shaking first thing i got done was wheel balance but nothing so had taking it to my girlfriends uncles garage and he had a look at it and said that i need 2 new front disks but let me know if you get it sorted and what you had done and same goes if i find out gaz
15. laberridge Established Member Joined: Mar 2009 rotherham Posts: 1369 saxo westcoast

    #15 19th June 2010, 20:07

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by djgaz9 i have the same problem mate at 60+ the steering wheel shakes and when i break from about 40+ same shaking first thing i got done was wheel balance but nothing so had taking it to my girlfriends uncles garage and he had a look at it and said that i need 2 new front disks but let me know if you get it sorted and what you had done and same goes if i find out gaz

    just fitting new disks and pads today, so i'l go for a run later and i'l let your know. brakig isnt to bad for me only for like 60+ it shakes.
16. laberridge Established Member Joined: Mar 2009 rotherham Posts: 1369 saxo westcoast

    #16 22nd June 2010, 21:48

    problem been solved appeared to be the disks that were warped. now replaced works great.
17. Jarhead Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 561

    #17 22nd June 2010, 21:57

    Good that you fixed it mate!
    
    I was going to say it could be the tracking. My steering wobbled at 60+ and once a garage did the tracking its like a new car to drive.