Hi

I have had a new pair of front tyres fitted to my ST replica wheels.

225/40/18 Kumho KU39 tyres.

Found the tracking was out on the NSF by 2mm

Had them balanced twice just to make sure. Got them perfected

Both these checks have drained me of £30

Only for the shimmy to still be there intermittently and a bit more violent than it was before getting the tracking and balancing double checked and corrected. The shimmy could start from say 55mph onwards.

I swear I sometimes hear a light grinding/whining noise when doing a bit of dry steering.

I dont think the alloys are at fault being buckled. So what else could it possibly be? One more thing is, do these wheels need spigot rings?

Someone please help

Cheers

 

I had a similar issue on my 4be after a replacement tyre was fitted. It felt like a wheel balance problem, with the wobble occurring at about 50-60 mph (buckled wheel tends to be about 70-80). The balance weights were still there so I took the wheel off and found the spigot ring was missing. A wheel will only need a spigot ring if the wheel centre hole is bigger than the spigot on the hub. You can't rely on the wheel nuts/studs holding the wheel concentric to the hub if the hole doesn't match the hub. Whip the wheel off and have a look at the relevant diameters.

 

So after letting some mechanics loose under the car, three have said the bushes on the wishbone arms have seen better days, hence the play in the wheel, causing it to shimmy at 60-70mph,

Mechanic A doesn't tell me much and quoted me £120 to get the front corners done, which is suspiciously cheap? Probably using the old wishbone

Mechanic B says the bushes come complete with the Wishbone Arm and quoted me £226 for both NSF and OSF.

On another forum I've been advised it's best to change the wishbone arm as the bushes are prefitted.

Is mechanic B the better option?

Cheers

 

Had the pattern parts fitted, the mechanic claimed to be unhappy with the stance of the tyres whilst the car was up in the air on the ramp.
It was giving this effect:

Toe out???
Is the car potentially a wrongun? Or are pattern part track rod End/Wishbone arm at fault?

 

Well I went to Kwik Fit abd let them loose on my Car.

They've sorted it down to a T.

It handles like never before, the Focus' handling has come to life.

I cant for the life of me wonder how the past owner ruined a car in 18,000 miles!

2 lower track rod arms with bushes supplied and fitted for £300

Was that a good or bad price, for Kwik Fit?