Right, replaced the spigots, tires, bushes and bottom ball joints. Wheels still wobble at 50 and over. So process of elimination can only mean either CV's or wheel bearings.

As the car is driven cold the wheels don't wobble as much but after 3 miles the problem gets worse. Could it be the CV's or wheel bearings?

Cheers

 

Perehaps some rust or dirt behind the brake disks?? This would cause the wheels not to sit true and hence wobble, but i guess would also cause brake judder.


Pete.

 

have u used a DTI runout gauge and cheked that the hub is runing true ? if not could be a buckled rim have u tryed puting the back to rims on the front and see what happens ? or another set of wheels to see if it still is hapaning

 

Tried a different set of wheels and the problem is still there just not as much because of the standard rims being a much higher profile tire.

I'm at a loss what it could be now!

 

have u changed the brake discs ?
either its the discs or the hub is knackered which means the bearing is moving in the casing causing a unbalanced wheel.

 

Discs and pads were changed last week

Someone said it could be the prob or drive shaft out of balance but I hope not!

 

havent a clue thear mate soz have u had the wheels balanced

 

Cheers. No bother pal, they've been balanced about 5 times in 10 days and the rims are new. Got me baffled.

 

had exactly the same problem recently it was a sticky caliper on the drivers front on mine sounds weird i know but it wasn't pulling to one side or anything, was shaking like mad once driven for a few miles but fine when cold

when the pads were changed did the piston(s) go back easily? is it 2wd or 4wd?

 

Have you tried a different set of wheels???? Or tried these wheels on another car??

I bought a brand new set of wheels that did exactly the same thing. The wheels had been made badly. Sent them back and ended up getting no new wheels in return and no refund Robbing bastard. I'd put this to the back of my mind. Nuff said. Used a credit card ever since.

 

what about the TCA's? i had this prob n found it to be them

 

it'll probably be the actual hub face itself
new ones cured the problem on the estate bt they were around the £100 each side plus bearings etc

remove the discs and clean the face where it mounts up properly with a wire grinder so that you can see the casting marks in it
it might be worth even knocking the studs out and making sure it's all smoth before getting new studs put back in again (at around 32 per stud it's cheaper than new hubs)

 

Pistons went back fine mate, I pealed back the rubbers and squirted some spray grease in too. It's 4x4 mate...

 

Tried the original wheels back on and the same thing happens to a lesser degree, it's dampened down because of the large profile on the orginal Saph wheels I think mate.

 

I had a 4 wheel geometry check done by a main dealer and they checked the track rod ends as I did when I put the new bearings in, but could well be worth a check! Cheers

 

100 quid each side Knowing my luck it'll be expensive. I could have bought a small African repulblic for the amount I've spend up to now on this Saph!

 

welcome to cosworth

don't worry, it could also be the inner tca bushes, the actual crossmember that has shifted, a wieght missing from the driveshaft

no one has mentioned checked the front prop for play, do that as well otherwise you may be needing new ankles

 

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welcome to cosworth

don't worry, it could also be the inner tca bushes, the actual crossmember that has shifted, a wieght missing from the driveshaft

no one has mentioned checked the front prop for play, do that as well otherwise you may be needing new ankles [/quote]

The wobble is more through the steering wheel than the floor pan, until you do about 60/70 then less so through the steering wheel and more through the chassis.

I just hope this Cosworth isn't as much of a money pit as the one in this photo was. God I despised that car so much lol

 

have you swaped the wheels around? as in side to side rather than front to back?

 

Yes mate, they've all been swapped diagonally.

 

discs is your next port of call
then hubs
after that, the petrol station

 

Discs and pads were done almost immediately. I'm guessing the hubs or track rods now. Head-doing