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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 08:04 PM
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Whats the most common cause for wheel wobble at speed?? on the motorway today and gettin wheel wobble at between 65-70 would it just be wheels out of balance?? or could it be more problems ahead??
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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probably wheel balance
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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Deffo wheel balance m8,mines doing the same,gettign mine sorted on thursday.
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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Loose nuts sir, no it's just the way I walk.
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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yep balance, if you got nice rims, try get stick on weights on, so they dont hammer the crap out of the bang weights puttin them on and chiping paint off the rim

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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 11:40 PM
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wrong offset can cause problems
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 07:45 AM
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cheers for the replies guys
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 08:13 AM
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loose nut behind the wheel




















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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 08:33 AM
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lack of spigot rings in alloys can cause excessive wheel wobble too

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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 08:48 AM
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Like they say most likely simple wheel balance.

Knew mine wasn't as the whole car was shaking....turned out to be bent driveshafts, seen moving whilst running the car on the lift.
Solved by a quick n cheap visit to a local scrappy
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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Usually wheel balance or could be like mine and every wheel bent. Prob something to do with 5 people, 1 car and over 10 speedbumps at 50mph cause we were bored
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Dicko&Sarah
lack of spigot rings in alloys can cause excessive wheel wobble too

Sarah
Or when they are used on the wrong application

I had HORRIBLE wheel wobble once, took me a few goes of taking all wheels off, getting them rebalanced and eventually noticed spigot rings squashed onto each bell!!
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by vinnyvangough
Usually wheel balance or could be like mine and every wheel bent. Prob something to do with 5 people, 1 car and over 10 speedbumps at 50mph cause we were bored
how cool
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 10:43 AM
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Horribley Buggered Tyres as well will have your fillings shaking out.
What happens when you wear a set of tyres out on a track day and think "Ye i'm sure they will ok to get home on!!!"
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 11:40 AM
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if you get a bleb that causes some nasty vibration mind
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