Steering wheel vibration

Post by **spikeyboy101** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:13 am

Noticed last week my steering wheel was vibrating around 55 mph.

Thought I may have lost a wheel weight, needed new tires so ordered them up and had them fitted on Saturday (GY F1 AS2's) thinking that as wheels would be balanced with the new tires this would fix the steering vibration.

However after having the new tires fitted the vibration is still there at around 55 mph.

Is there anything else that can cause the steering wheel to vibrate / wobble ?

Post by **sonny** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:27 am

Uneven disc wear could contribute to this.

Post by **spikeyboy101** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:46 am

Had new discs fitted 3 months ago - so don't think it's that.

Post by **sonny** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:59 am

All I can suggest is that you get the wheels rebalanced!

I take it you have checked the tyres for any abnormalities/stones etc?

Post by **P_G** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:06 am

Yep, rebalance wheels. If you have hit a pothole hard it may have flat spotted the wheel and needs reshaped. Some balancing machines cannot always compensate for this.

Post by **adsgreen** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:30 am

swap the front wheels to the back and see if the wobble is reduced.

Post by **spikeyboy101** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:25 pm

Thanks.

Will take the car back and get it rebalanced.

Not hit any potholes that I can recall.

Looking at one of the front wheels it does have a load of weights on it - taking up about 1/4 of the wheel.

Post by **P_G** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:03 pm

Reads like they perhaps struggled to balance it and it needs reshaping. They are big and fairly heavy wheels so easy to get out of shape over time. I have had all four of mine done the last time I had them refurbed and there is a big improvement on ride and handling.

Post by **stu** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:32 pm

P_G wrote:Reads like they perhaps struggled to balance it and it needs reshaping. They are big and fairly heavy wheels so easy to get out of shape over time. I have had all four of mine done the last time I had them refurbed and there is a big improvement on ride and handling.

P_G, did SEM reshape them for you, or did you go somewhere else?

Post by **P_G** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:03 pm

stu wrote:
P_G wrote:Reads like they perhaps struggled to balance it and it needs reshaping. They are big and fairly heavy wheels so easy to get out of shape over time. I have had all four of mine done the last time I had them refurbed and there is a big improvement on ride and handling.
P_G, did SEM reshape them for you, or did you go somewhere else?

Don't use SEM anymore just because of the time they take to do wheels alhtough the job they do is aalways very good. Using the Wheel Specialist in Westerhope, contact Tony Gray.

Post by **adsgreen** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:46 pm

what tyres are you running?
do they have the balance spots?

Post by **spikeyboy101** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:10 pm

I had GY F1 Assymetric 2 (255/35/19) put on.

What are balancing spots ? They do have white dots on the side of the tyres

Post by **adsgreen** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:02 am

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2122866

Post by **Montymole** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:26 pm

So I have just had the wheel balance checked with the view to swap rear to front and I can confirm that my front right alloy has a slight buckle... That's now on the rear and feels a little better...

Just shows to double check, can't understand why this wasn't spotted at the first garage....grr.... Wondering if I now need to purchase a new alloy?

Post by **P_G** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:52 pm

Should be able to get it reshaped by a reputable wheel refurbisher.

RS246.com Forum :: The World's #1 Audi R, S and RS Enthusiast Community