when driving over 50mph i get vibration in the steering wheel. if i put my foot down its not as bad but still there .
the car is a 4x4 saph i am running out of ideas as everything seems ok .

the wheels have been balanced

tracking done

new shocks and springs

i have rebuilt the engine and whilst it was out i changed both the lower suspension arms (the ball joint thingy i mean lol) if thats what its called

i have changed the anti roll bar bushes(to the body and the ones into the ball joint arm)

there does not seem to be any play in the drive shafts when i push and pull them

and the rack linkage bar seems to be ok when i pull and push on that also

the car has just been mot'd and they said the wheel bearings are fine

the previous owner had it at P.E and they could not help
when the car is on the deck i can turn the front prop 10 degrees or so by hand is this normal???

 

Pretty sure that small movement in the prop is ok

Have you put new discs on,checked calipers aren't seized???
Check the rear of discs where they sit on the hubs,should be clean so discs sit perfectly flat

Also check the insides of alloys where they sit on hubs are clean,and wheels slide on and off hubs easily,bit of emery cloth and a smear of grease will do the trick

Anything that is connected to suspension/steering will need checking

Have you tried swapping the wheels front to back,could be a dodgy tyre

 

thanks mate i will check the wheels and discs for sitting flat this week. i swapped the front for the back but still no joy . the car is now with my freind ,he knows a lot about cossies so i will find out later today. fingers crossed he can identify the problem

 

What wheels do you have wrong offset can cause this aswell

 

i honestly dont know mate.

their tsw of some kind ,there is a pic of them in the photoshop section under--CAN SOMEONE PUT 18S ON MY SAPH.

dam good point though mate ...how would i measure the offset?
my man phoned yesterday to inform me that he cant find any obvious problem i am seriously thinking about selling the car now as i no longer enjoy driving her its doing my f**king head in.

thanks for the help though guys, i will check all the above before i throw the towel in

 

offset should be stamped on the back of them

 

I had the same on my cortina changed complete front end,arms,bushes,subframe,stub axels,bearings,tyres,wheel nuts,shocks only to find out that my wheels were the wrong offset and increased my track by 10mm overall these wheels were et 35 and i changed to et 40 problem gone!!!!!

may be worth trying a mates front wheels, et 35 is standard cos offset.

hope this helps

my wobble was at 40 to 50 mph

 

god i hope this is the problem i have. i get the car back today so i will have a look matey thanks its doin my head in so much now

 

there is no et number on the back of the wheel..... i can see 35P if that means out? what am i measuring if i want to check it myself?

 

from centre line of wheel to mounting face this will give et

escort cos wheels are et 15 so these on a saff would stick out just to give you an idea

good luck m8