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Vibration - Ideas?
Putting this out there for ideas basically.
I have an intermitent vibration when I get to about 70 - 80. (on a private road of course) FEELS like wheel balancing.. but had them done recently ( I guess I could have bashed a pothole but don't think thats the cause) Just replaced both front discs - which got rid of the braking vibration and I THOUGHT would get rid of the driving vibe - but on the motorway, its still there. What could be causing it outside of Wheel Balance and new discs? Seems to be worse under load, i.e. accelerating up a long motorway drag, as opposed to coasting where it doesn't seem bad at all. Engine revs freely.. no weird vibes or rattles from that.. am stumped!? |
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Any vibration when revving the engine in neutral?
If not then it's probably a rotating mass issue, so with new disks and pads and recently balanced wheels, that leaves Wheel Bearings, CV joints and half shafts. I gonna plumb for CV joints wearing out. Have you ever had to replace split CV boots?
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Definately something rotating. Engine revs freely and smoothly.. have tried revving engine when stationery - lovely.. and also putting the car in Nuetral when coasting and freely revving - that also makes no change. I feel the vibe still there, but not as bad as when the car is pulling.
Might plumb for a quick rebalance incase I have messed something up.. but then look into CV joints. Haven't replaced any split boots, and all looked well when changing the discs last weekend.. |
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small update on this. Had another look around the wheel wells to see what I could see.. nothing obvious. No loose joints, doesn't seem any movement on the wheel. CV joints don't click to they too seem ok.
Went to the garage and thought I would inflate the tyres a little firmer than normal - and that seems to have made an improvement to be honest. Now not as pronounced and smoother at the aformentioned speeds. So that leads me to balancing then I guess.. (why else would the vibration reduce by upping the typre pressure!?) one question - I have a set of standard 18" sprt wheels with 245 tyres on them. what is the best tyre pressure. At the moment I have them in my opinion quite hard up around 36psi, which seems to have reduced the vibe (although clearly I need to go get them balanced and thats not a fix!) |
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I'm running mine at 40psi as I do a lot of motorway runs and that seems to keep them happy. I found I got vibration if they dropped to around the mid-30's. Nothing serious, just enought that I noticed.
Might vary from tyre to tyre, but seems to be the same for my original sport wheels with Dunlops and the replcias with Runways (cheap, but effective). |
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oh.. well I am probably a bit soft then (!) - I'll run 40 and see what its like. I always sit on the M'way too, with about 5 miles each end to Home/Work.
Defo seems a little happier being at higher pressures, just wasn't sure what the max / recommended is. |
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