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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 11:05 AM
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does anybody else get steering wheel wobble, don't get me wrong its not shaking my watch off or anything but at certain speeds its noticeable. I have had the wheels lazer aligned and balanced but its still there.

Has anybody got an Escos with a rock steady wheel, am I expecting too much from my 10 years old ford??
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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I notice you have Rondells like I have and like you I've never been able to get my steering as stable as my other Fords.

When I had mine refurbed last, we tried all 5 wheels on the balancer without tyres and chose the best 4 to fit to the car with the worst as the spare. It did make a difference but it's never been as good as my 120k mile Mondeo is today let alone when it was new.
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 12:16 PM
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had the same problem with mine between 50 to 65 mph so i had the wheels balanced and it made no difference, turned out the one front shocker was stuffed, you could push it down and it wouldn,t come back up so i put on a new set of koni,s and its perfect now
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 01:02 PM
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Could be the discs that need to be balanced. A 5 gram wheel weight could be felt at 60, so a disc may be the same. Get them off and checked too.
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