steering shaking?

supercharged spaniel · February 21, 2010, 02:27:08 PM

on the motorway.. between 75-80 mph the car steering shakes horribly? I've had a good look underneath and cant spot anything obvious. Any ideas where to start?

PeteG40 · February 21, 2010, 02:52:36 PM

wheel balancing

hayesey · February 21, 2010, 03:07:58 PM

yep!

vwmk3jon · February 21, 2010, 09:26:21 PM

Probably lost a weight at some point.

hayesey · February 22, 2010, 10:10:17 AM

perhaps but they sometimes just need redoing as the tyres wear.

djtez · February 22, 2010, 06:14:24 PM

or potholes ..
maby a bulge in a tyre.

supercharged spaniel · February 22, 2010, 08:05:28 PM

Quote from: hayesey on February 22, 2010, 10:10:17 AM
perhaps but they sometimes just need redoing as the tyres wear.

thanks guys..i reckon it could be this actually

supercharged spaniel · February 22, 2010, 08:48:42 PM

it seems to be fine until motorway speeds 75-80 and when braking down from 80-75. Im only a little concerned as I changed wheels recently and took them off. Both the ones I removed and the ones I put back on (the bbs) are doing it. hmmm it seems fine when accelerating, it's more cruising and braking down/slowing past 80-75. Cv joint you say Rae?

hayesey · February 22, 2010, 09:03:29 PM

shaking aorund those speeds is nearly always wheels needing balancing in my experience.